This is a list of minor-planet discoverers credited by the Minor Planet Center with the discovery of one or several

minor planets According to the International Astronomical Union (IAU), a minor planet is an astronomical object in direct orbit around the Sun that is exclusively classified as neither a planet nor a comet. Before 2006, the IAU officially used the term ''mino ...

(such as near-Earth and

main-belt asteroid The asteroid belt is a torus-shaped region in the Solar System, located roughly between the orbits of the planets Jupiter and Mars. It contains a great many solid, irregularly shaped bodies, of many sizes, but much smaller than planets, called ...

s, Jupiter trojans and distant objects). , the discovery of 612,011 numbered minor planets are credited to 1141

astronomer An astronomer is a scientist in the field of astronomy who focuses their studies on a specific question or field outside the scope of Earth. They observe astronomical objects such as stars, planets, moons, comets and galaxies – in either ...

s and 253

observatories An observatory is a location used for observing terrestrial, marine, or celestial events. Astronomy, climatology/meteorology, geophysical, oceanography and volcanology are examples of disciplines for which observatories have been constructed. His ...

telescope A telescope is a device used to observe distant objects by their emission, absorption, or reflection of electromagnetic radiation. Originally meaning only an optical instrument using lenses, curved mirrors, or a combination of both to observ ...

s or surveys ''(see )''. On how a discovery is made, ''see

observations of small Solar System bodies Observations of minor planets as well as comets and natural satellites of the Solar System are made by astronomical observatories all over the world and reported to the Minor Planet Center (MPC), a service of the International Astronomical Unio ...

. For a description of the tables below, see ''.

Discovering astronomers

}, (bio-de) , align=left , M. Matsuyama , , - id="D. Matter" , align=left , Daniel Matter , 7 , 1957–pres. , , align=left , D. Matter; amateur, (bio-it) , align=left , D. Matter , , - id="A. Maury" , align=left ,

Alain Maury Alain J. Maury (born 1958) is a French astronomer who has discovered numerous asteroids. He discovered the periodic comet 115P/Maury as well as the non-periodic C/1988 C1 (Maury-Phinney). He has discovered a number of asteroids, including th ...

, 9 , 1958–pres. , , align=left , A. Maury; , align=left , A. Maury , , - id="D. Mayes" , align=left , Deronda Mayes , , 1957–pres. , , align=left , D. Mayes; inferred , align=left , D. Mayes , , - id="E. Mazzoni" , align=left , Emiliano Mazzoni , 2 , 1953–pres. , , align=left , E. Mazzoni; amateur, (bio-it) , align=left , E. Mazzoni , , - id="M. Mazzucato" , align=left , Michele Mazzucato , 6 , 1962–pres. , , align=left , M. Mazzucato; Michele T. Mazzucato, (bio-it) , align=left , M. Mazzucato , , - id="J. V. McClusky" , align=left , John V. McClusky ,

157 Year 157 ( CLVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Civica and Aquillus (or, less frequently, year 910 ''Ab urbe condit ...

, n.a. , , align=left , J. V. McClusky; , align=left , J. V. McClusky , — , - id="B. D. McCormack" , align=left , Billy D. McCormack , , n.a. , , align=left , B. D. McCormack; , align=left , B. D. McCormack , — , - id="J. McCormick" , align=left , Jennie McCormick , , n.a. , , align=left , J. McCormick; , align=left , J. McCormick , — , - id="A. D. McDermott" , align=left , Alric D. McDermott , , n.a. , , align=left , A. D. McDermott; , align=left , A. D. McDermott , — , - id="D. McDonald" , align=left , David McDonald (astronomer) , 2 , 1964–pres. , , align=left , D. McDonald; Dave McDonald, amateur , align=left , D. McDonald , , - id="S. McDonald" , align=left , Stephen W. McDonald , , n.a. , , align=left , S. McDonald; , align=left , S. McDonald , — , - id="J. McGaha" , align=left , James E. McGaha , 6 , 1946–pres. , , align=left , J. McGaha; amateur, (bio-it) , align=left , J. McGaha , , - id="P. McKenzie" , align=left , P. McKenzie , , n.a. , , align=left , P. McKenzie; inferred , align=left , P. McKenzie , — , - id="D. McLeish" , align=left , David McLeish (astronomer) , , n.a. , , align=left , D. McLeish; (bio-it) , align=left , D. McLeish , — , - id="R. H. McNaught" , align=left ,

Robert H. McNaught Robert H. McNaught (born in Scotland in 1956) is a Scottish-Australian astronomer at the Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics of the Australian National University (ANU). He has collaborated with David J. Asher of the Armagh Observator ...

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, align=left , R. H. McNaught; , align=left , R. H. McNaught , , - id="J. Medkeff" , align=left ,

Jeffrey S. Medkeff Jeffrey S. Medkeff (1968 – 3 August 2008), usually known as Jeff Medkeff, was a prominent science writer and educator. He was also a designer of robotic telescopes, a minor philanthropist, and an advocate of personal and sexual freedom. Early ...

, 10 , 1968–2008 , , align=left , J. Medkeff; , align=left , J. Medkeff , , - id="K. J. Meech" , align=left , Karen Jean Meech , 15 , 1959–pres. , , align=left , K. J. Meech; , align=left , K. J. Meech , , - id="C. Meese" , align=left , Carol Neese , , 1958–pres. , , align=left , C. Neese; Carol Lynn Neese, MPC-typo: Meese , align=left , C. Meese , , - id="D. Megevand" , align=left , Denis Mégevand , , n.a. , , align=left , D. Megevand; Geneva Obs.,

HARPS The High Accuracy Radial Velocity Planet Searcher (HARPS) is a high-precision echelle planet-finding spectrograph installed in 2002 on the ESO's 3.6m telescope at La Silla Observatory in Chile. The first light was achieved in February 2003. ...

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, align=left , D. Megevand , — , - id="S. Melchert" , align=left , Sven Melchert , 2 , 1968–pres. , , align=left , S. Melchert; amateur, Guidestar , disc: and with Mark Emmerich , align=left , S. Melchert , — , - id="P. Melotte" , align=left ,

Philibert Jacques Melotte Philibert Jacques Melotte (29 January 1880 – 30 March 1961) was a British astronomer whose parents emigrated from Belgium. In 1908 he discovered a moon of Jupiter, today known as Pasiphaë. It was simply designated "Jupiter VIII" and was ...

, 1 , 1880–1961 , , align=left , P. Melotte; disc: , align=left , P. Melotte , — , - id="J. D. Mendenhall" , align=left , J. Dave Mendenhall , , n.a. , , align=left , J. D. Mendenhall; (bio-it) , align=left , J. D. Mendenhall , — , - id="J.-C. Merlin" , align=left ,

Jean-Claude Merlin Jean-Claude Merlin (born 1954) is a French astronomer, founder-president of the Burgundy Astronomical Society (french: Société Astronomique de Bourgogne) and a discoverer of minor planets. He was laureate of the Marcel Bleustein-Blanchet Fond ...

, 75 , 1954–pres. , , align=left , J.-C. Merlin; (bio-fr) , align=left , J.-C. Merlin , , - id="S. Meszaros" , align=left , Szabolcs Mészáros , 5 , 1981–pres. , , align=left , S. Mészáros; (bio-it) , align=left , S. Meszaros , — , - id="J. H. Metcalf" , align=left ,

Joel Hastings Metcalf Joel Hastings Metcalf (January 4, 1866 – February 23, 1925) was an American astronomer, humanitarian and minister. Reverend Metcalf graduated from Harvard Divinity School in 1892. He served as a Unitarian minister in Burlington, Vermont and i ...

, 41 , 1866–1925 , , align=left , J. H. Metcalf; , align=left , J. H. Metcalf , , , - id="N. V. Metlova" , align=left , Natalʹja Vitalʹevna Metlova , , n.a. , , align=left , N. V. Metlova; (bio-it) , align=left , N. V. Metlova , — , - id="M. Meunier" , align=left , Michel Meunier , , 1964–pres. , , align=left , M. Meunier; amateur, (bio-it), C/1997 J2 (Meunier–Dupouy) , align=left , M. Meunier , , - id="E. Meyer" , align=left , Erich Meyer , 22 , 1951–pres. , , align=left , E. Meyer; amateur , align=left , E. Meyer , , - id="M. Meyer" , align=left , Maik Meyer , 16 , 1970–pres. , , align=left , M. Meyer; amateur, (bio-de)
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, align=left , M. Meyer , , - id="J. Michaud" , align=left , J. Michaud , , n.a. , , align=left , J. Michaud; inferred , align=left , J. Michaud , — , - id="M. Micheli" , align=left ,

Marco Micheli Marco Micheli (born 1983) is an Italian astronomer and a discoverer of minor planets. He is a researcher at the Centre for Earth Observation of ESAs Space Situational Awareness Programme in Italy. Career Micheli was born in Brescia, Italy, ...

, 23 , 1983–pres. , , align=left , M. Micheli; ESA/Pan-STARRS1 (news-it), (bio-it) , align=left , M. Micheli , , - id="R. Michelsen" , align=left , René Michelsen , 8 , n.a. , , align=left , R. Michelsen; , align=left , R. Michelsen , , - id="C. Mikolajczak" , align=left , Celina Mikolajczak , 4 , n.a. , , align=left , C. Mikolajczak; (bio-it) , align=left , C. Mikolajczak , — , - id="B. Mikuz" , align=left , Blaž Mikuž , 5 , n.a. , , align=left , B. Mikuž; at Črni Vrh , align=left , B. Mikuz , — , - id="H. Mikuz" , align=left , Herman Mikuž , 32 , n.a. , , align=left , H. Mikuž; at Črni Vrh, (bio-it) , align=left , H. Mikuz , — , - id="R. Miles" , align=left , R. Miles , , n.a. , , align=left , R. Miles; inferred , align=left , R. Miles , , - id="R. Millis" , align=left , Robert L. Millis , 129 , n.a. , , align=left , R. Millis; occultation, at Lowell Observatory, (bio-it), (bio-fr) , align=left , R. Millis; R. L. Millis , , - id="E. Millosevich" , align=left , Elia Millosevich , 2 , 1848–1919 , , align=left , E. Millosevich; , align=left , E. Millosevich , , - id="M. Mills" , align=left , Matt Mills (astronomer) , , n.a. , , align=left , M. Mills; inferred , align=left , M. Mills , — , - id="R. Minkowski" , align=left ,

Rudolph Minkowski Rudolph Minkowski (born Rudolf Leo Bernhard Minkowski ; ; May 28, 1895 – January 4, 1976) was a German-American astronomer. Biography Minkowski was the son of Marie Johanna Siegel and physiologist Oskar Minkowski. His uncle was Hermann Min ...

, , 1895–1976 , , align=left , R. Minkowski; , align=left , R. Minkowski , , - id="A. Miranda" , align=left , Alberto Miranda , 2 , n.a. , , align=left , A. Miranda; co-disc #I. P. Griffin , align=left , A. Miranda , — , - id="T. Mitani" , align=left , Tetsuyasu Mitani , 1 , 1927–2004 , , align=left , T. Mitani; disc: , (bio-it) , align=left , T. Mitani , , - id="S. Miyasaka" , align=left ,

Seidai Miyasaka is a Japanese astronomer. The Minor Planet Center credits him with the co-discovery of four asteroids he made with Japanese astronomer Hiroshi Abe during 1993–1997. The outer main-belt The asteroid belt is a torus-shaped region in th ...

, 4 , 1955–pres. , , align=left , S. Miyasaka; , align=left , S. Miyasaka , , - id="T. Mizuno" , align=left , Takashi Mizuno (astronomer) , , 1955–pres. , , align=left , T. Mizuno; amateur, (bio-it) , align=left , T. Mizuno , , - id="Y. Mizuno" , align=left , Yoshikane Mizuno , 52 , 1954–pres. , , align=left , Y. Mizuno; at Kani Observatory , align=left , Y. Mizuno , , - id="T. Mocnik" , align=left , Teo Močnik , 1 , 1989–pres. , , align=left , T. Močnik
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, align=left , T. Mocnik , , - id="M. Moilanen" , align=left , Marko Moilanen , , n.a. , , align=left , M. Moilanen; (bio-it) , align=left , M. Moilanen , — , - id="L. A. Molnar" , align=left , Lawrence Alan Molnar , 86 , 1959–pres. , , align=left , L. A. Molnar; (bio-it) , align=left , L. A. Molnar , , - id="J. Montanne" , align=left , Jean Montanne , , n.a. , , align=left , J. Montanne; (bio-it) , align=left , J. Montanne , — , - id="N. Montigiani" , align=left , Nico Montigiani , , n.a. , , align=left , N. Montigiani; (bio-it) , align=left , N. Montigiani , — , - id="D. Morata" , align=left , Didier Morata , , 1954–pres. , , align=left , D. Morata; amateur, (bio-it) , align=left , D. Morata , , - id="S. Morata" , align=left , Stéphane Morata , , 1977–pres. , , align=left , S. Morata; amateur, (bio-it) , align=left , S. Morata , , - id="Z. Moravec" , align=left ,

Zdeněk Moravec Zdeněk Moravec (born 1968) is a Czech astronomer and astrophysicist. Zdeněk Moravec is a graduate from Charles University in Prague. He became a prolific discoverer of minor planets, during his stay at the Kleť Observatory in South Bohemia, ...

, 94 , 1968–pres. , , align=left , Z. Moravec; , align=left , Z. Moravec , — , - id="H. Mori" , align=left ,

Hiroshi Mori (astronomer) is a Japanese amateur astronomer and discoverer of minor planets. The Minor Planet Center The Minor Planet Center (MPC) is the official body for observing and reporting on minor planets under the auspices of the International Astronomical Uni ...

, 45 , 1958–pres. , , align=left , H. Mori; amateur, (bio-it) , align=left , H. Mori , , - id="P. Mortfield" , align=left , Paul Mortfield , 1 , n.a. , , align=left , P. Mortfield; , align=left , P. Mortfield , — , - id="N. Moskovitz" , align=left , Nicholas Moskovitz , , 1981–pres. , , align=left , N. Moskovitz; , align=left , N. Moskovitz , , - id="P. M. Motl" , align=left , Patrick M. Motl , 9 , n.a. , , align=left , P. M. Motl; disc: , (bio-it) , align=left , P. M. Motl , — , - id="S. Mottola" , align=left , Stefano Mottola , 21 , n.a. , , align=left , S. Mottola; (bio-it) , align=left , S. Mottola , , - id="A. Mrkos" , align=left ,

Antonín Mrkos Antonín Mrkos () (27 January 1918, Střemchoví – 29 May 1996, Prague) was a Czech astronomer. Biography Mrkos entered the University in Brno in 1938. His studies were interrupted by the onset of World War II, and in 1945 he became a staff ...

274 Year 274 ( CCLXXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Aurelianus and Capitolinus (or, less frequently, year 1027 '' ...

, 1918–1996 , , align=left , A. Mrkos; at Kleť Observatory , align=left , A. Mrkos , , - id="J. E. Mueller" , align=left ,

Jean Mueller Jean Mueller (born 1950) is an American astronomer and discoverer of comets, minor planets, and a large number of supernovas at the U.S. Palomar Observatory in California. Scientific career In 1983, she became the first woman to operate the his ...

, 13 , 1950–pres. , , align=left , J. E. Mueller; at Second Palomar Sky Survey , align=left , J. E. Mueller , , - id="M. Mukai" , align=left , Masaru Mukai , 13 , 1949–pres. , , align=left , M. Mukai; unrelated to , align=left , M. Mukai , — , - id="G. Muler" , align=left , Gustavo Muler , 25 , 1967–pres. ,
, align=left , G. Muler; , align=left , G. Muler , , - id="J. D. Mulholland" , align=left , John-Derral Mulholland , , 1934–2008 , , align=left , J.-D. Mulholland; (bio-it) , align=left , J. D. Mulholland , — , - id="U. Munari" , align=left , Ulisse Munari , 49 , 1960–pres. , , align=left , U. Munari; at the Astronomical Observatories of Padua and Asiago , align=left , U. Munari , , - id="J. Munoz" , align=left , J. Muñoz , , n.a. , , align=left , J. Muñoz; inferred, (Manteca-it) , align=left , J. Munoz , — , - id="O. Muramatsu" , align=left , Osamu Muramatsu , 73 , 1949–pres. , , align=left , O. Muramatsu; , align=left , O. Muramatsu , , - id="J. C. Muzzio" , align=left , Juan Carlos Muzzio , 2 , 1946–pres. , , align=left , J. C. Muzzio; at La Plata Institute of Astrophysics, (bio-it) , align=left , J. C. Muzzio , , - id="A. Nakajima" , align=left , Atsushi Nakajima (astronomer) , 15 , n.a. , , align=left , A. Nakajima; disc: , align=left , A. Nakajima , — , - id="A. Nakamura" , align=left ,

Akimasa Nakamura (born 1961) is a Japanese astronomer. He is a prolific observer of asteroids and comets, as well as a discoverer of minor planets. He has worked extensively at the Kuma Kogen Astronomical Observatory near Kuma, Ehime Prefecture, where he remai ...

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, 1961–pres. , , align=left , A. Nakamura; at the Kuma Kogen Astronomical Observatory , align=left , A. Nakamura , , - id="T. Nakamura" , align=left , Tsuko Nakamura , 3 , 1943–pres. , , align=left , T. Nakamura; (bio-it) , align=left , T. Nakamura , , - id="A. Nakanishi" , align=left , Akio Nakanishi , 3 , 1964–pres. , , align=left , A. Nakanishi; amateur , align=left , A. Nakanishi , , - id="O. A. Naranjo" , align=left , Orlando A. Naranjo , 38 , 1951–pres. , , align=left , O. A. Naranjo; (bio-it) , align=left , O. A. Naranjo , — , - id="M. Nassir" , align=left , Michael Nassir , , n.a. , , align=left , M. Nassir; , align=left , M. Nassir , — , - id="A. Natori" , align=left , Akira Natori , 32 , 1956–pres. , , align=left , A. Natori; at Nihondaira Observatory, (bio-it) , align=left , A. Natori , , - id="E. R. Netto" , align=left , Edgar Rangel Netto , 8 , n.a. , , align=left , E. R. Netto; at Valongo Observatory, (bio-de) , align=left , E. R. Netto , , - id="G. N. Neujmin" , align=left ,

Grigory Neujmin Grigory Nikolayevich Neujmin (russian: Григорий Николаевич Неуймин; – 17 December 1946) was a Georgian–Russian astronomer, native of Tbilisi in Georgia, and a discoverer of numerous minor planets as well as 6 periodi ...

, 74 , 1885–1946 ,
, align=left , G. N. Neujmin; , align=left , G. N. Neujmin , , - id="V. Nevski" , align=left , Vitali Nevski , 15 , 1974–pres. , , align=left , V. Nevski; amateur, , image,

Comet ISON Comet ISON, formally known as C/2012 S1, was a sungrazing comet from the Oort cloud which was discovered on 21 September 2012 by Vitaly Nevsky (Виталий Невский, Vitebsk, Belarus) and Artyom Novichonok (Артём Новичоно� ...

, alt: Vitaliy Nevskiy and Vitaly Nevsky , align=left , V. Nevski , — , - id="P. Nicholson" , align=left ,

Phil Nicholson Philip D. Nicholson (born 1951) is an Australian-born professor of astronomy at Cornell University in the Astronomy department specialising in Planetary Sciences. He has been editor-in-chief of the journal ''Icarus'' since 1998. Career Nichol ...

, , 1951–pres. , , align=left , P. Nicholson; Philip D. Nicholson, Sycorax , align=left , P. Nicholson , , - id="S. B. Nicholson" , align=left ,

Seth Barnes Nicholson Seth Barnes Nicholson (November 12, 1891 – July 2, 1963) was an American astronomer. He worked at the Lick observatory in California, and is known for discovering several moons of Jupiter in the 20th century. Nicholson was born in Springfield, ...

, 2 , 1891–1963 , , align=left , S. B. Nicholson; disc: and , align=left , S. B. Nicholson , , - id="T. Niijima" , align=left , Tsuneo Niijima , 32 , 1955–pres. , , align=left , T. Niijima; amateur , align=left , T. Niijima , , - id="K. Nishiyama" , align=left , Kota Nishiyama , 6 , 1965–pres. , , align=left , K. Nishiyama; Nishiyama Kota,

Bisei Spaceguard Center The Bisei Spaceguard Center (BSGC) is an astronomical observatory located at Bisei-chō, Okayama, Japan. The facility was constructed during 1999–2000, where it since conducts the Bisei Asteroid Tracking Telescope for Rapid Survey or , an as ...

, align=left , K. Nishiyama , , - id="V. L. Nixon" , align=left , V. L. Nixon , , n.a. , , align=left , V. L. Nixon; , align=left , V. L. Nixon , — , - id="M. C. Nolan" , align=left , Michael C. Nolan , , 1963–pres. , , align=left , M. C. Nolan; at Arecibo Observatory, (bio-it) , align=left , M. C. Nolan , , - id="J. Nomen" , align=left ,

Jaume Nomen Jaume Nomen Torres (also: Jaime Nomen; born June 23, 1960 in Tortosa, Catalonia) is a Spanish oral and maxillofacial surgeon, amateur astronomer and discoverer of numerous minor planets. He is of Catalan origin and became publicly known for the d ...

, 55 , 1960–pres. ,
, align=left , J. Nomen; at Observatorio Astronomico de Mallorca , align=left , J. Nomen , , - id="T. Nomura" , align=left ,

Toshiro Nomura is a Japanese astronomer and co-discoverer of 13 asteroids with astronomers Kōyō Kawanishi and Matsuo Sugano is a Japanese astronomer. He has discovered a number of asteroids, including 5881 Akashi (with T. Nomura), 6559 Nomura (with ...

, 13 , 1954–pres. , , align=left , T. Nomura; , align=left , T. Nomura , , - id="H. U. Norgaard-Nielsen" , align=left , Hans Ulrik Nørgaard-Nielsen , 2 , n.a. , , align=left , H. U. Nørgaard-Nielsen; disc: , (bio-it) , align=left , H. U. Norgaard-Nielsen , , - id="A. Novichonok" , align=left ,

Artyom Novichonok Artyom Olegovich Novichonok (russian: Артём Олегович Новичонок; born 27 March 1988 in Kondopoga, Soviet Union (now Russia) is a Russian astronomer. Since 2009, the Minor Planet Center credits him with several minor planets, ...

, 26 , 1988–pres. , , align=left , A. Novichonok;

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, align=left , A. Novichonok; A. O. Novichonok , — , - id="A. J. Noymer" , align=left , Andrew J. Noymer , 7 , 1971–pres. , , align=left , A. J. Noymer; (bio-it) , align=left , A. J. Noymer , , - id="D. O'Ceallaigh" , align=left , Donal O'Ceallaigh , 3 , n.a. , , align=left , D. O'Ceallaigh
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, align=left , D. O'Ceallaigh , — , - id="E. Obermair" , align=left , Erwin Obermair , 7 , 1946–2017 , , align=left , E. Obermair; amateur , align=left , E. Obermair , , - id="P. v. Oers" , align=left , Pieter van Oers , , n.a. , , align=left , P. v. Oers; , align=left , P. v. Oers , — , - id="E. O. Ofek" , align=left , Eran O. Ofek , , 1972–pres , , align=left , E. O. Ofek
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, align=left , E. O. Ofek , , - id="W. Offutt" , align=left , Warren B. Offutt , 18 , 1928–2017 , , align=left , W. Offutt; , align=left , W. Offutt , , - id="Y. Ohba" , align=left , Youhei Ohba , 3 , n.a. , , align=left , Y. Ohba; at ISAS , align=left , Y. Ohba , — , - id="O. Oikawa" , align=left ,

Okuro Oikawa was a Japanese astronomer and discoverer of minor planets. He is credited by the Minor Planet Center with the discovered 8 asteroids between 1927 and 1929. The outer main-belt asteroid 2667 Oikawa __NOTOC__ Year 667 ( DCLXVII) was a comm ...

, 8 , 1896–1980 , , align=left , O. Oikawa; , align=left , O. Oikawa , , - id="G. Ojakangas" , align=left , Gregory Wayne Ojakangas , 2 , n.a. , , align=left , G. Ojakangas; disc: and , (bio-it) , align=left , G. Ojakangas , — , - id="A. Oksanen" , align=left ,

Arto Oksanen Arto Oksanen is a Finnish amateur astronomer and observer at the Nyrölä Observatory, located about 20 kilometers from the city of Jyväskylä in Finland. He has been actively working in the fields of variable stars, asteroid search programs, ...

, , n.a. , , align=left , A. Oksanen; amateur , align=left , A. Oksanen , — , - id="S. Okumura" , align=left , Shin-ichiro Okumura , 3 , n.a. , , align=left , S. Okumura; Bisei SG
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, align=left , S. Okumura , — , - id="T. Okuni" , align=left ,

Tomimaru Okuni is a Japanese amateur astronomer and a discoverer of minor planets at the Nanyo Observatory (), Yamagata prefecture, Japan. He is a prolific discoverer of asteroids, credited by the Minor Planet Center with a total of 130 discoveries between 199 ...

, 130 , 1931–pres. , , align=left , T. Okuni; amateur , align=left , T. Okuni , , - id="H. W. Olbers" , align=left ,

Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers (; ; 11 October 1758 – 2 March 1840) was a German physician and astronomer. Life and career Olbers was born in Arbergen, Germany, today part of Bremen, and studied to be a physician at Göttingen (1777–80 ...

, :Discoveries by Heinrich Olbers, 2 , 1758–1840 , , align=left , H. W. Olbers; , align=left , H. W. Olbers , , - id="R. M. Olivera" , align=left , R. M. Olivera , 3 , n.a. ,
, align=left , R. M. Olivera; amateur, also see , align=left , R. M. Olivera , — , - id="C. M. Olmstead" , align=left , C. Michelle Olmstead , :Discoveries by C. Michelle Olmstead, 46 , 1969–pres. , , align=left , C. M. Olmstead; at Lowell Observatory , align=left , C. M. Olmstead , , - id="A. Oreshko" , align=left , Andrey Oreshko , :Discoveries by Andrey Oreshko, 41 , n.a. , , align=left , A. Oreshko; (also see #T._V._Kryachko, Timur Kryachko and , align=left , A. Oreshko , — , - id="C. Orgel" , align=left , Csilla Orgel , 2 , n.a. , , align=left , C. Orgel; inferred , align=left , C. Orgel , — , - id="J. L. Ortiz" , align=left , José Luis Ortiz Moreno , :Discoveries by José Luis Ortiz Moreno, 2 , 1967–pres. , , align=left , J. L. Ortiz; disc: , unofficial discoverer , align=left , J. L. Ortiz , , - id="M. Ory" , align=left , Michel Ory , :Discoveries by Michel Ory, 251 , 1966–pres. , , align=left , M. Ory; amateur , align=left , M. Ory , , - id="Y. Oshima" , align=left , Yoshiaki Oshima , :Discoveries by Yoshiaki Oshima, 61 , 1952–pres. , , align=left , Y. Oshima; at Gekko Observatory , align=left , Y. Oshima , , - id="P. Ostafijchuk" , align=left , P. Ostafijchuk , 2 , n.a. , , align=left , P. Ostafijchuk; Andrushivka Observatory , align=left , P. Ostafijchuk , — , - id="L. Oterma" , align=left , Liisi Oterma , :Discoveries by Liisi Oterma, 54 , 1915–2001 , , align=left , L. Oterma; at Turku Observatory , align=left , L. Oterma , , - id="S. Otomo" , align=left , Satoru Otomo , :Discoveries by Satoru Otomo, 148 , 1957–pres. , , align=left , S. Otomo; amateur , align=left , S. Otomo , , - id="R. Pacheco" , align=left , Rafael Pacheco , :Discoveries by Rafael Pacheco, 57 , 1954–pres. , , align=left , R. Pacheco; amateur , align=left , R. Pacheco , , - id="D. Padgett" , align=left , Deborah Lynne Padgett , , n.a. , , align=left , D. Padgett; inferred , align=left , D. Padgett , — , - id="A. Pal" , align=left , András Pál (astronomer) , :Discoveries by András Pál (astronomer), 8 , 1981–pres. , , align=left , A. Pál; , align=left , A. Pal , , - id="J. Palisa" , align=left , Johann Palisa , :Discoveries by Johann Palisa, 122 , 1848–1925 , , align=left , J. Palisa; , align=left , J. Palisa , , - id="E. Palomba" , align=left , Ernesto Palomba , :Discoveries by Ernesto Palomba, 2 , 1967–pres. , , align=left , E. Palomba; disc: and , align=left , E. Palomba , , - id="A. Papadimos" , align=left , Amanda Papadimos , :Discoveries by Amanda Papadimos, 4 , n.a. , , align=left , A. Papadimos; inferred , align=left , A. Papadimos , — , - id="S. Pastor" , align=left , Sensi Pastor , , n.a. , , align=left , S. Pastor; La Murta Observatory , align=left , S. Pastor , — , - id="P. Parchomenko" , align=left , Praskov'ja Georgievna Parchomenko , :Discoveries by Praskov'ja Georgievna Parchomenko, 2 , 1886–1970 ,
, align=left , P. Parchomenko; Praskoviya Georgievna Parchomenko, :it:Praskov′ja Georgievna Parchomenko, (bio-it) , align=left , P. Parchomenko , , - id="Y.-H. Park" , align=left , Yun-Ho Park , :Discoveries by Yun-Ho Park, 2 , n.a. , , align=left , Y.-H. Park; :it:Yun-Ho Park, (bio-it) , align=left , Y.-H. Park , , - id="J. W. Parker" , align=left , Joel W. Parker , :Discoveries by Joel W. Parker, 3 , 1962–pres. , , align=left , J. W. Parker; at Southwest Research Institute, inferred , align=left , J. W. Parker , , - id="Q. A. Parker" , align=left , Quentin A. Parker , , n.a. , , align=left , Q. A. Parker; Quentin Andrew Parker, Siding Spring, disc.: comet 119P/Parker–Hartley]
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, align=left , Q. A. Parker , – , - id="A. Paroubek" , align=left , Alois Paroubek , , n.a. , , align=left , A. Paroubek; :it:Alois Paroubek, (bio-it) , align=left , A. Paroubek , — , - id="A. Patry" , align=left , André Patry , :Discoveries by André Patry, 9 , 1902–1967 , , align=left , A. Patry; at Nice Observatory , align=left , A. Patry , , - id="T. Pauwels" , align=left , Thierry Pauwels , :Discoveries by Thierry Pauwels, 152 , 1957–pres. , , align=left , T. Pauwels; at Uccle Observatory , align=left , T. Pauwels , , - id="T. Payer" , align=left , Thomas Payer , :Discoveries by Thomas Payer, 4 , 1978–pres. , , align=left , T. Payer; amateur, , align=left , T. Payer , — , - id="F. Pedichini" , align=left , Fernando Pedichini , , n.a. , , align=left , F. Pedichini; , align=left , F. Pedichini , — , - id="J. C. Pelle" , align=left , Jean-Claude Pelle , :Discoveries by Jean-Claude Pelle, 10 , 1942–pres. , , align=left , J.-C. Pelle; Jean Claude George Pelle, amateur, :fr:Jean-Claude Pelle, (bio-fr) , align=left , J. C. Pelle , , - id="R. Pepper" , align=left , Randy Pepper , :Discoveries by Randy Pepper, 2 , n.a. , , align=left , R. Pepper; amateur, Fort Bend Astronomy Club, :it:Randy Pepper, (bio-it) , align=left , R. Pepper , — , - id="Z. Pereyra" , align=left , Zenón M. Pereyra , , n.a. , , align=left , Z. Pereyra; disc: , :it:Zenón M. Pereyra, (bio-it) , align=left , Z. Pereyra , — , - id="D. Perna" , align=left , Davide Perna , :Discoveries by Davide Perna, 1 , n.a. , , align=left , D. Perna; , align=left , D. Perna , — , - id="B. Pernier" , align=left , Bernard Pernier , , n.a. , , align=left , B. Pernier
Geneva Obs.
, align=left , B. Pernier , — , - id="J. Perrotin" , align=left , Henri Joseph Anastase Perrotin , :Discoveries by Henri Perrotin, 6 , 1845–1904 , , align=left , J. Perrotin; , align=left , J. Perrotin , , - id="C. H. F. Peters" , align=left , Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters , :Discoveries by Christian Peters, 48 , 1813–1890 ,
, align=left , C. H. F. Peters; , align=left , C. H. F. Peters , , - id="G. H. Peters" , align=left , George Henry Peters , :Discoveries by George Peters, 3 , 1863–1947 , , align=left , G. H. Peters; USNO-astronome
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, align=left , G. H. Peters , — , - id="J.-M. Petit" , align=left , Jean-Marc Petit , :Discoveries by Jean-Marc Petit, 7 , 1961–pres. , , align=left , J.-M. Petit; :fr:Jean-Marc Petit, (bio-fr) , align=left , J.-M. Petit; J. Petit , , - id="H. Phaneuf" , align=left , Holly Phaneuf , :Discoveries by Holly Phaneuf, 2 , n.a. , , align=left , H. Phaneuf; amateur, :it:Holly Phaneuf, (bio-it) , align=left , H. Phaneuf , — , - id="J. Phinney" , align=left , Jeffrey L. Phinney , :Discoveries by Jeffrey L. Phinney, 4 , 1957–pres. , , align=left , J. Phinney; disc: , , and , align=left , J. Phinney , , - id="G. Piazzi" , align=left , Giuseppe Piazzi , :Discoveries by Giuseppe Piazzi, 1 , 1746–1826 , , align=left , G. Piazzi; disc: , align=left , G. Piazzi , , - id="P. Pietrapiana" , align=left , Paolo Pietrapiana , :Discoveries by Paolo Pietrapiana, 2 , n.a. , , align=left , P. Pietrapriana; amateur, disc: , :it:Paolo Pietrapiana, (bio-it) , align=left , P. Pietrapiana , — , - id="M. Pietschnig" , align=left , Michael Pietschnig , :Discoveries by Michael Pietschnig, 3 , n.a. , , align=left , M. Pietschnig; amateur
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, align=left , M. Pietschnig , — , - id="G. Pignata" , align=left , Giuliano Pignata , :Discoveries by Giuliano Pignata, 4 , n.a. , , align=left , G. Pignata; ADAS , align=left , G. Pignata , — , - id="J. Pittichova" , align=left , Jana Pittichová , :Discoveries by Jana Pittichová, 9 , 1972–pres. , , align=left , J. Pittichová; inferred , align=left , J. Pittichova , , - id="G. Pizarro" , align=left , Guido Pizarro (astronomer) , :Discoveries by Guido Pizarro (astronomer), 8 , n.a. , , align=left , G. Pizarro; brother of Oscar Pizarro, at La Silla, :it:Guido Pizarro (astronomo), (bio-it) , align=left , G. Pizarro , , - id="O. Pizarro" , align=left , Oscar Pizarro , , n.a. , , align=left , O. Pizarro; brother of Guido Pizarro, :it:Oscar Pizarro, (bio-it) , align=left , O. Pizarro , , - id="G. P. Pizzetti" , align=left , Gianpaolo Pizzetti , :Discoveries by Gianpaolo Pizzetti, 4 , 1961–pres. , , align=left , G. P. Pizzetti; amateur, :it:Gianpaolo Pizzetti, (bio-it) , align=left , G. P. Pizzetti; G. Pizzetti , , - id="J. Platt" , align=left , John Platt (computer scientist) , :Discoveries by John Platt (computer scientist), 2 , 1963–pres. , , align=left , J. Platt; , align=left , J. Platt , , - id="C. E. Plunkett" , align=left , C. E. Plunkett , , n.a. , , align=left , C. E. Plunkett; inferred , align=left , C. E. Plunkett , — , - id="G. A. Plyugin" , align=left , G. A. Plyugin , :Discoveries by G. A. Plyugin, 7 , 1925–pres. , , align=left , G. A. Plyugin; Gurij Antonovič Pljugin, :it:Gurij Antonovič Pljugin, (bio-it) , align=left , G. A. Plyugin , — , - id="R. Podstanicka" , align=left , Regina Podstanická , , 1928–2000 , , align=left , R. Podstanická; :it:Regina Podstanická, (bio-it) , align=left , R. Podstanicka , — , - id="N. R. Pogson" , align=left , N. R. Pogson , :Discoveries by N. R. Pogson, 8 , 1829–1891 , , align=left , N. R. Pogson; Norman Robert Pogson , align=left , N. R. Pogson , , - id="R. Poleski" , align=left , Radosław Poleski , , n.a. , , align=left , R. Poleski; , align=left , R. Poleski , — , - id="D. Polishook" , align=left , David Polishook , :Discoveries by David Polishook, 16 , 1976–pres. , , align=left , D. Polishook; David L. Polishook, MIT and Tel Aviv University, :it:David L. Polishook, (bio-it) , align=left , D. Polishook , , - id="I. Polit" , align=left , Isidre Pòlit , , 1880–1958 ,
, align=left , I. Pòlit; Isidre Pòlit i Boixareu, :it:Isidre Pòlit i Boixareu, (bio-it) , align=left , I. Polit , , - id="C. Pollas" , align=left , Christian Pollas , :Discoveries by Christian Pollas, 26 , 1947–pres. , , align=left , C. Pollas; at Côte d'Azur Observatory, :fr:Christian Pollas, (bio-fr) , align=left , C. Pollas , , - id="K. Polyakov" , align=left , K. Polyakov , , n.a. , , align=left , K. Polyakov; co-disc. #V. Linkov , align=left , K. Polyakov , — , - id="H. Potter" , align=left , Hejno Iogannović Potter , 2975 Spahr, 1 , 1929–2007 , , align=left , H. Potter; Kheino Potter, disc: , :it:Hejno Iogannović Potter, (bio-it) , align=left , H. Potter , , - id="F. Pozo" , align=left , Francisco Pozo , , 1986–pres. , , align=left , F. Pozo; Francisco Javier Pozo Núñez, :es:Francisco Pozo, (bio-es), , align=left , F. Pozo , — , - id="V. Pozzoli" , align=left , Valentino Pozzoli , :Discoveries by Valentino Pozzoli, 4 , n.a. , , align=left , V. Pozzoli; inferred , align=left , V. Pozzoli , — , - id="A. Pravda" , align=left , Alexander Pravda , :Discoveries by Alexander Pravda, 52 , 1961–pres. , , align=left , A. Pravda; :it:Alexander Pravda, (bio-it) , align=left , A. Pravda , , - id="P. Pravec" , align=left , Petr Pravec , :Discoveries by Petr Pravec, 355 , 1967–pres. , , align=left , P. Pravec; , align=left , P. Pravec , , - id="D. P. Pray" , align=left , Donald P. Pray , :Discoveries by Donald P. Pray, 3 , 1949–pres. , , align=left , D. P. Pray; at Carbuncle Hill Ob
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:it:Donald P. Pray, (bio-it) , align=left , D. P. Pray , , - id="G. Proffe" , align=left , Gerrit Proffe , 2 , n.a. , , align=left , G. Proffe; DLR inferred , align=left , G. Proffe , — , - id="E. Prosperi" , align=left , Enrico Prosperi , , 1954–pres. , , align=left , E. Prosperi; Castelmartini Obs. , align=left , E. Prosperi , , - id="S. Prosperi" , align=left , S. Prosperi , , n.a. , , align=left , S. Prosperi; , align=left , S. Prosperi , – , - id="M. B. Protitch" , align=left , Milorad B. Protić , :Discoveries by Milorad B. Protić, 7 , 1911–2001 , , align=left , M. B. Protić; , align=left , M. B. Protitch , , - id="T. Prusti" , align=left , Timo Prusti , :Discoveries by Timo Prusti, 10 , n.a. , , align=left , T. Prusti; ESA-Gaia, first disc: , align=left , T. Prusti , — , - id="A. W. Puckett" , align=left , Andrew W. Puckett , :Discoveries by Andrew W. Puckett, 22 , 1977–pres. , , align=left , A. W. Puckett; Andrew Wayne Puckett , align=left , A. W. Puckett , , - id="U. Quadri" , align=left , Ulisse Quadri , , 1953–pres. , , align=left , U. Quadri; amateur, :it:Ulisse Quadri, (bio-it) , align=left , U. Quadri , , - id="H. Raab" , align=left , Herbert Raab , , 1969–pres. , , align=left , H. Raab; amateur
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, align=left , H. Raab , , - id="D. L. Rabinowitz" , align=left , David L. Rabinowitz , :Discoveries by David L. Rabinowitz, 36 , 1960–pres. , , align=left , D. L. Rabinowitz; , align=left , D. L. Rabinowitz; D. Rabinowitz , , - id="P. Radovan" , align=left , Petar Radovan , , n.a. , , align=left , P. Radovan; :it:Petar Radovan, (bio-it) , align=left , P. Radovan , — , - id="R. Rajamohan" , align=left , Rajgopalan Rajamohan , :Discoveries by Rajgopalan Rajamohan, 6 , n.a. , , align=left , R. Rajamohan; :it:Rajgopalan Rajamohan, (bio-it) , align=left , R. Rajamohan , — , - id="D. Rankin" , align=left , David Rankin (astronomer) , :Discoveries by David Rankin, 1 , 1984–pres. , , align=left , D. Rankin; amateur , align=left , D. Rankin , , - id="V. Reddy" , align=left , Vishnu Vardhan Reddy , :Discoveries by Vishnu Vardhan Reddy, 23 , 1978–pres. , , align=left , V. Reddy; :it:Vishnu Reddy, (bio-it) , align=left , V. Reddy , , - id="K. Reinmuth" , align=left , Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth , :Discoveries by Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth, 395 , 1892–1979 , , align=left , K. Reinmuth; , align=left , K. Reinmuth , , - id="G. Reiss" , align=left , Guy Reiss , :Discoveries by Guy Reiss, 5 , 1904–1964 , , align=left , G. Reiss; at Algiers Observatory and Nice , align=left , G. Reiss , , - id="J. A. Reyes" , align=left , José Antonio Reyes (astronomer) , , n.a. , , align=left , J. A. Reyes; La Murta Observatory , align=left , J. A. Reyes , — , - id="T. Rezek" , align=left , Tomáš Rezek (astronomer) , , n.a. , , align=left , T. Rezek; inferred , align=left , T. Rezek , — , - id="J. Rheden" , align=left , Joseph Rheden , :Discoveries by Joseph Rheden, 3 , 1873–1946 , , align=left , J. Rheden; , align=left , J. Rheden , — , - id="H. Rickman" , align=left , Hans Rickman , :Discoveries by Hans Rickman, 2 , 1949–pres. , , align=left , H. Rickman; at Uppsala Observatory, :it:Hans Rickman, (bio-it) , align=left , H. Rickman , , - id="J. G. Ries" , align=left , Judit Györgyey Ries , :Discoveries by Judit Györgyey Ries, 3 , n.a. , , align=left , J. G. Ries
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, align=left , J. G. Ries , , - id="W. Ries" , align=left , Wolfgang Ries , :Discoveries by Wolfgang Ries, 176 , 1968–pres. , , align=left , W. Ries; amateur , align=left , W. Ries , , - id="J. Riffle" , align=left , Jim Riffle , :Discoveries by Jim Riffle, 2 , n.a. , , align=left , J. Riffle; inferred , align=left , J. Riffle , — , - id="F. Rigaux" , align=left , Fernand Rigaux , :Discoveries by Fernand Rigaux, 8 , 1905–1962 , , align=left , F. Rigaux; at Uccle Observatory , align=left , F. Rigaux , , - id="C. Rinner" , align=left , Claudine Rinner , :Discoveries by Claudine Rinner, 157 , 1965–pres. , , align=left , C. Rinner; amateur, at Ottmarsheim Observatory , align=left , C. Rinner , , - id="K. Rivich" , align=left , Keith Rivich , :Discoveries by Keith Rivich, 5 , n.a. , , align=left , K. Rivich; amateur, :it:Keith Rivich, (bio-it) , align=left , K. Rivich , — , - id="I. Robbins" , align=left , Irving Robbins (astronomer) , , n.a. , , align=left , I. Robbins
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, align=left , I. Robbins , , - id="A. Robbins" , align=left , Adrienne M. Robbins , , n.a. , , align=left , A. Robbins; Adrienne Makita Robbins, :it:Adrienne Makita Robbins, (bio-it) , align=left , A. Robbins , , - id="L. Robinson" , align=left , Larry Robinson (astronomer) , :Discoveries by Larry Robinson (astronomer), 18 , n.a. , , align=left , L. Robinson; amateur, at Sunflower Observatory, :it:Larry Robinson (astronomo), (bio-it) , align=left , L. Robinson , , - id="H. Roclawski" , align=left , Heiner Roclawski , , 1963–pres. , , align=left , H. Roclawski; , align=left , H. Roclawski , — , - id="G. Rodgers" , align=left , Greg Rodgers , , n.a. , , align=left , G. Rodgers; , align=left , G. Rodgers , — , - id="T. Rodriquez" , align=left , Tim A. Rodriquez , , n.a. , , align=left , T. Rodriquez; :it:Tim A. Rodriquez, (bio-it) , align=left , T. Rodriquez , — , - id="H. G. Roe" , align=left , Henry G. Roe , , 1975–pres. , , align=left , H. G. Roe; :it:Henry G. Roe, (bio-it) , align=left , H. G. Roe , , - id="J. M. Roe" , align=left , James M. Roe , :Discoveries by James M. Roe, 102 , 1943–pres. , , align=left , J. M. Roe; :it:James M. Roe, (bio-it) , align=left , J. M. Roe , — , - id="E. Roemer" , align=left , Elizabeth Roemer , :Discoveries by Elizabeth Roemer, 2 , 1929–2016 , , align=left , E. Roemer; , align=left , E. Roemer , , - id="J. E. Rogers" , align=left , John E. Rogers , :Discoveries by John E. Rogers, 3 , n.a. , , align=left , J. E. Rogers; :it:John E. Rogers, (bio-it) , align=left , J. E. Rogers , , - id="B. Roman" , align=left , Brian P. Roman , :Discoveries by Brian P. Roman, 11 , n.a. , , align=left , B. Roman; , align=left , B. Roman , , - id="E. S. Romas" , align=left , E. S. Romas , 3 , n.a. , , align=left , E. S. Romas; first disc: ; at Kislovodsk Stn. IAU code#C20, (C20) , align=left , E. S. Romas , — , - id="A. E. Rose" , align=left , Amy E. Rose , :Discoveries by Amy E. Rose, 2 , 1987–pres. , , align=left , A. E. Rose; , align=left , A. E. Rose , , - id="P. Rose" , align=left , Perry Rose (astronomer) , :Discoveries by Perry Rose (astronomer), 4 , 1966–pres. , , align=left , P. Rose; Perry J. Rose, at Palomar Planet Crossing Asteroid Survey , align=left , P. Rose , , - id="E. Ross" , align=left , Emily Ross , , n.a. , , align=left , E. Ross; inferred; with #T. Houlden, Tara Houlden , align=left , E. Ross , — , - id="R. Roy" , align=left , René Roy (astronomer) , :Discoveries by René Roy (astronomer), 9 , 1938–pres. , , align=left , R. Roy; amateur, :fr:René Roy (astronome), (bio-fr) , align=left , R. Roy , , - id="J. Ruan" , align=left , Jiangao Ruan , 2 , 1986–pres. , , align=left , J. Ruan; (阮建高), Ruan Jiangao; amateur, co-discovery with #X. Gao, Gao Xing, supernovae, novae, C/2009 G1 (STEREO), 80+ SOHO comets , align=left , J. Ruan , , - id="E. P. Rubenstein" , align=left , Eric P. Rubenstein , , n.a. , , align=left , E. P. Rubenstein; , align=left , E. P. Rubenstein , — , - id="A. Rudd" , align=left , A. Rudd , 2 , n.a. , , align=left , A. Rudd; disc: and , align=left , A. Rudd , — , - id="M. Rudnyk" , align=left , Marian Rudnyk , :Discoveries by Marian Rudnyk, 3 , n.a. ,
, align=left , M. Rudnyk; :it:Marian Rudnyk, (bio-it) , align=left , M. Rudnyk , — , - id="D. Rudy" , align=left , Donald James Rudy , , n.a. , , align=left , D. Rudy; :it:Donald James Rudy, (bio-it) , align=left , D. Rudy , — , - id="J. M. Ruiz" , align=left , Jose Maria Ruiz , :Discoveries by Jose Maria Ruiz, 9 , n.a. , , align=left , J. M. Ruiz; inferred, disc: , align=left , J. M. Ruiz , — , - id="V. Rumyantsev" , align=left , Vasilij Rumyantsev , , n.a. , , align=left , V. Rumyantsev; , align=left , V. Rumyantsev , — , - id="K. S. Russell" , align=left , Kenneth S. Russell , :Discoveries by Kenneth S. Russell, 2 , n.a. , , align=left , K. S. Russell; :it:Kenneth S. Russell, (bio-it) , align=left , K. S. Russell , , - id="J. Ruthroff" , align=left , John Ruthroff , , n.a. , , align=left , J. Ruthroff; :it:John Ruthroff, (bio-it) , align=left , J. Ruthroff , — , - id="E. L. Ryan" , align=left , Erin Lee Ryan , 9 , n.a. , , align=left , E. L. Ryan
IAU
(547073) and (548758) , align=left , E. L. Ryan , — , - id="W. H. Ryan" , align=left , William H. Ryan (astronomer) , :Discoveries by William H. Ryan (astronomer), 28 , 1962–pres. , , align=left , W. H. Ryan; at Magdalena Ridge Observatory, MRO, :it:William H. Ryan, (bio-it) , align=left , W. H. Ryan;W. Ryan , , - id="E. V. Ryan" , align=left , Eileen V. Ryan , , 1960–pres. , , align=left , E. V. Ryan; wife and collaborator of William Ryan at MRO
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, align=left , E. V. Ryan , , - id="J. Sachs" , align=left , John Sachs (astronomer) , 2 , n.a. , , align=left , J. Sachs; amateur, disc and
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unrelated to , align=left , J. Sachs , — , - id="T. Sakamoto" , align=left , Tsuyoshi Sakamoto , :Discoveries by Tsuyoshi Sakamoto, 11 , 1975–pres. , , align=left , T. Sakamoto; Bisei Spaceguard Center, first disc: , align=left , T. Sakamoto , , - id="G. A. Sala" , align=left , Giuseppe A. Sala , 2 , n.a. , , align=left , G. A. Sala; disc: and , align=left , G. A. Sala , — , - id="P. Sala" , align=left , Paolo Sala (astronomer) , 3 , 1954–pres. ,
, align=left , P. Sala; amateur, disc: , and , , align=left , P. Sala , — , - id="G. Sallit" , align=left , George C. Sallit , , n.a. , , align=left , G. Sallit; :it:George Sallit, (bio-it) , align=left , G. Sallit , — , - id="S. L. Salyards" , align=left , Stephen L. Salyards , , n.a. , , align=left , S. L. Salyards; :it:Stephen L. Salyards, (bio-it) , align=left , S. L. Salyards , — , - id="A. G. Samuel" , align=left , A. G. Samuel , , n.a. , , align=left , A. G. Samuel; :it:A. G. Samuel, (bio-it) , align=left , A. G. Samuel , — , - id="S. Sanchez" , align=left , Salvador Sánchez (astronomer) , :Discoveries by Salvador Sánchez (astronomer), 3 , n.a. , , align=left , S. Sánchez; unrelated to , :it:Salvador Sánchez (astronomo), (bio-it) , align=left , S. Sanchez , — , - id="A. R. Sandage" , align=left , Allan Sandage , , 1926–2010 , , align=left , A. R. Sandage; , align=left , A. R. Sandage , , - id="H.-U. Sandig" , align=left , Hans-Ullrich Sandig , , 1909–1979 , , align=left , H.-U. Sandig; :de:Hans-Ullrich Sandig, (bio-de) , align=left , H.-U. Sandig , — , - id="R. G. Sandness" , align=left , Robert G. Sandness , :Discoveries by Robert G. Sandness, 6 , n.a. , , align=left , R. G. Sandness; amateur, :it:Robert G. Sandness, (bio-it) , align=left , R. G. Sandness , — , - id="L. Sannino" , align=left , Luigi Sannino , :Discoveries by Luigi Sannino, 2 , 1981–pres. , , align=left , L. Sannino; amateur, disc: and , :it:Luigi Sannino, (bio-it) , align=left , L. Sannino , , - id="M. M. M. Santangelo" , align=left , Matteo M. M. Santangelo , :Discoveries by Matteo M. M. Santangelo, 21 , n.a. , , align=left , M. M. M. Santangelo; Matteo Santangelo, :it:Matteo Santangelo, (bio-it) , align=left , M. M. M. Santangelo , — , - id="P. Santos-Sanz" , align=left , Pablo Santos-Sanz , :Discoveries by Pablo Santos-Sanz, 1 , n.a. , , align=left , P. Santos-Sanz; , align=left , P. Santos-Sanz , — , - id="K. Sarneczky" , align=left , Krisztián Sárneczky , :Discoveries by Krisztián Sárneczky, 627 , 1974–pres. , , align=left , K. Sárneczky; , align=left , K. Sarneczky , , - id="L. Sarounova" , align=left , Lenka Kotková , :Discoveries by Lenka Kotková, 262 , 1973–pres. , , align=left , L. Kotková; Lenka Šarounová (née), at Ondřejov Observatory , align=left , L. Sarounova , , - id="G. Sasaki" , align=left , Goro Sasaki , , n.a. , , align=left , G. Sasaki; unrelated to , :it:Goro Sasaki, (bio-it) , align=left , G. Sasaki , — , - id="I. Sato" , align=left , Isao Satō (astronomer) , :Discoveries by Isao Satō, 9 , 1963–pres. , , align=left , I. Satō; asteroid occultation, :it:Isao Satō, (bio-it) , align=left , I. Sato , , - id="N. Sato" , align=left , Naoto Satō , :Discoveries by Naoto Sato, 142 , 1953–pres. , , align=left , N. Satō; amateur , align=left , N. Sato , , - id="B. Satovski" , align=left , Boris Satovski , :Discoveries by Boris Satovski, 42 , n.a. , , align=left , B. Satovski; discovered , different from , align=left , B. Satovski , — , - id="P. Sava" , align=left , Paul Sava , , n.a. , , align=left , P. Sava; at Needville , align=left , P. Sava , — , - id="G. Scarfi" , align=left , Giulio Scarfì , , 1964–pres. , , align=left , G. Scarfì; amateu
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observatories: IAU code#126, (126) and IAU code#K78, (K78) , align=left , G. Scarfi , , - id="R. D. Schaldach" , align=left , Robert D. Schaldach , , n.a. , , align=left , R. D. Schaldach; co-discovered 61P/Shajn–Schaldach; :fr:Robert D. Schaldach, (bio-fr) , align=left , R. D. Schaldach , — , - id="A. Schaumasse" , align=left , Alexandre Schaumasse , :Discoveries by Alexandre Schaumasse, 2 , 1882–1958 , , align=left , A. Schaumasse; , align=left , A. Schaumasse , , - id="G. Schiaparelli" , align=left , Giovanni Schiaparelli , :Discoveries by Giovanni Schiaparelli, 1 , 1835–1910 , , align=left , G. Schiaparelli; disc: , align=left , G. Schiaparelli , , - id="C. J. Schiff" , align=left , Christine J. Schiff , , n.a. , , align=left , C. J. Schiff; amateur, wife of J. L. Schiff, :it:Christine J. Schiff, (bio-it) , align=left , C. J. Schiff , — , - id="J. L. Schiff" , align=left , Joel L. Schiff , , n.a. , , align=left , J. L. Schiff; amateur, husband of C. J. Schiff, unrelated to , :it:Joel L. Schiff, (bio-it) , align=left , J. L. Schiff , — , - id="T. Schildknecht" , align=left , Thomas Schildknecht , :Discoveries by Thomas Schildknecht, 3 , n.a. , , align=left , T. Schildknecht; :it:Thomas Schildknecht, (bio-it)
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, align=left , T. Schildknecht , — , - id="F. Schiralli Jr." , align=left , Frank Schiralli Jr. , , n.a. , , align=left , F. Schiralli Jr.
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, align=left , F. Schiralli Jr. , — , - id="L. D. Schmadel" , align=left , Lutz D. Schmadel , :Discoveries by Lutz D. Schmadel, 245 , 1942–2016 , , align=left , L. D. Schmadel; ARI-astronomer , align=left , L. D. Schmadel; L.D. Schmadel , , - id="B. Schmidt" , align=left , Brian Schmidt , :Discoveries by Brian Schmidt, 1 , 1967–pres. , , align=left , B. Schmidt; w/ High-Z Supernova Search Team , align=left , B. Schmidt; Schmidt, B., the High-Z team , , - id="A. Schmitt" , align=left , Alfred Schmitt , :Discoveries by Alfred Schmitt, 4 , 1907–1973 , , align=left , A. Schmitt; at Algiers and Strasbourg observatories , align=left , A. Schmitt , , - id="H. Scholl" , align=left , Hans Scholl (astronomer) , :Discoveries by Hans Scholl (astronomer), 56 , 1942–pres. , , align=left , H. Scholl; ARI-astronomer , align=left , H. Scholl , , - id="R. Schorr" , align=left , Richard Schorr , :Discoveries by Richard Schorr, 2 , 1867–1951 , , align=left , R. Schorr; , align=left , R. Schorr , , - id="M. Schroedter" , align=left , Martin Schroedter , , n.a. , , align=left , M. Schroedter; VERITAS , align=left , M. Schroedter , — , - id="J. Schubart" , align=left , Joachim Schubart , :Discoveries by Joachim Schubart, 2 , 1928–pres. , , align=left , J. Schubart; :de:Joachim Schubart, (bio-de)
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, align=left , J. Schubart , , - id="L. Schulhof" , align=left , Lipót Schulhof , :Discoveries by Lipót Schulhof, 1 , 1847–1921 , , align=left , L. Schulhof; , align=left , L. Schulhof , , - id="H.-E. Schuster" , align=left , Hans-Emil Schuster , :Discoveries by Hans-Emil Schuster, 25 , 1934–pres. , , align=left , H.-E. Schuster; at La Silla , align=left , H.-E. Schuster , , - id="E. Schwab" , align=left , Erwin Schwab , :Discoveries by Erwin Schwab, 98 , 1964–pres. , , align=left , E. Schwab; amateur , align=left , E. Schwab , , - id="M. E. Schwamb" , align=left , Megan Schwamb , :Discoveries by Megan E. Schwamb, 16 , 1984–pres. , , align=left , M. E. Schwamb; :fr:Megan Schwamb, (bio-fr) , align=left , M. E. Schwamb; M. Schwamb , , - id="M. Schwartz" , align=left , Michael B. Schwartz , :Discoveries by Michael B. Schwartz, 254 , 1950–pres. , , align=left , M. Schwartz; amateur, at Tenagra Observatory, :it:Michael Schwartz, (bio-it) , align=left , M. Schwartz , , - id="A. Schwassmann" , align=left , Friedrich Karl Arnold Schwassmann , :Discoveries by Friedrich Karl Arnold Schwassmann, 22 , 1870–1964 , , align=left , A. Schwassmann; , align=left , A. Schwassmann , , - id="J. V. Scotti" , align=left , James V. Scotti , :Discoveries by James V. Scotti, 1 , 1960–pres. , , align=left , J. V. Scotti; at Spacewatch , align=left , J. V. Scotti , , - id="G. Searle" , align=left , George Mary Searle , :Discoveries by George Searle, 1 , 1839–1918 , , align=left , G. Searle; disc: , align=left , G. Searle , — , - id="W. Sebok" , align=left , William Lawrence Sebok , 2 , n.a. , , align=left , W. Sebok; disc: and , :it:William Lawrence Sebok, (bio-it) , align=left , W. Sebok , — , - id="B. A. Segal" , align=left , Bruce A. Segal , 2 , 1959–pres. , , align=left , B. A. Segal; amateur, disc: and , :it:Bruce A. Segal, (bio-it) , align=left , B. A. Segal , , - id="C. Segarra" , align=left , Carlos Segarra , , n.a. , , align=left , C. Segarra; Algimia-Valencia , align=left , C. Segarra , — , - id="S. Sei" , align=left , Sadao Sei , , n.a. , , align=left , S. Sei; at Chirorin Observatory , align=left , S. Sei , — , - id="N. Samarasinha" , align=left , Nalin Samarasinha , , 1958–pres. ,
, align=left , N. Samarasinha; , align=left , N. Samarasinha , , - id="T. Seki" , align=left , Tsutomu Seki , :Discoveries by Tsutomu Seki, 225 , 1930–pres. , , align=left , T. Seki; , align=left , T. Seki , , - id="A. Sergeev" , align=left , Alexey V. Sergeyev , , n.a. , , align=left , A. Sergeyev; inferred , align=left , A. Sergeev , — , - id="C. Sexton" , align=left , Carl Sexton , :Discoveries by Carl Sexton, 9 , n.a. , , align=left , C. Sexton; inferred, amateur , align=left , C. Sexton , — , - id="G. Shajn" , align=left , Grigory Shajn , :Discoveries by Grigory Shajn, 3 , 1892–1956 ,
, align=left , G. Shajn; , align=left , G. Shajn , , - id="P. F. Shajn" , align=left , Pelageya Shajn , :Discoveries by Pelageya Shajn, 19 , 1894–1956 ,
, align=left , P. F. Shajn; , align=left , P. F. Shajn , , , - id="R. Shank" , align=left , R. Shank , 3 , n.a. , , align=left , R. Shank; assumed, also R. Shanks (!), co-discoveries with #C. Veillet, C. Veillet , align=left , R. Shank; R. Shanks , , - id="S. S. Sheppard" , align=left , Scott S. Sheppard , :Discoveries by Scott S. Sheppard, 27 , 1977–pres. , , align=left , S. S. Sheppard; , align=left , S. S. Sheppard; S. Sheppard , , - id="E. E. Sheridan" , align=left , Edwin E. Sheridan , :Discoveries by Edwin E. Sheridan, 38 , n.a. , , align=left , E. E. Sheridan; :it:Edwin E. Sheridan, (bio-it) , align=left , E. E. Sheridan; E. Sheridan; E. Sherdian , — , - id="C.-Y. Shih" , align=left , Jia You Shih , :Discoveries by Jia You Shih, 3 , n.a. , , align=left , C.-Y. Shih; disc: , and , align=left , C.-Y. Shih , , - id="Y. Shimizu" , align=left , Yoshisada Shimizu , :Discoveries by Yoshisada Shimizu, 311 , 1943–pres. , , align=left , Y. Shimizu; amateur , align=left , Y. Shimizu , , - id="H. Shiozawa" , align=left , Hitoshi Shiozawa , :Discoveries by Hitoshi Shiozawa, 29 , n.a. , , align=left , H. Shiozawa; amateur, :it:Hitoshi Shiozawa, (bio-it) , align=left , H. Shiozawa , — , - id="S. Shirai" , align=left , Seiji Shirai (astronomer) , :Discoveries by Seiji Shirai (astronomer), 3 , n.a. , , align=left , S. Shirai; , , , align=left , S. Shirai , , - id="V. G. Shkodrov" , align=left , Vladimir Shkodrov , :Discoveries by Vladimir Shkodrov, 7 , 1930–2010 , , align=left , V. G. Shkodrov; at the Bulgarian National Observatory , align=left , V. G. Shkodrov; V. Shkodrov , , - id="C. S. Shoemaker" , align=left , Carolyn S. Shoemaker , :Discoveries by Carolyn S. Shoemaker, 377 , 1929–2021 , , align=left , C. S. Shoemaker; , align=left , C. S. Shoemaker , , - id="E. M. Shoemaker" , align=left , Eugene M. Shoemaker , :Discoveries by Eugene Merle Shoemaker, 183 , 1928–1997 , , align=left , E. M. Shoemaker; , align=left , E. M. Shoemaker , , - id="S. Shurpakov" , align=left , Sergey E. Shurpakov , 2 , 1966–pres. , , align=left , S. Shurpakov; Sergey Eduardovich Shurpakov, amateur , align=left , S. Shurpakov , , - id="P. Sicoli" , align=left , Piero Sicoli , :Discoveries by Piero Sicoli, 43 , 1954–pres. , , align=left , P. Sicoli; amateur, at Sormano Observatory , align=left , P. Sicoli , , - id="S. Singer-Brewster" , align=left , Stephen Singer-Brewster , :Discoveries by Stephen Singer-Brewster, 6 , 1945–pres. , , align=left , S. Singer-Brewster; at Palomar Planet Crossing Asteroid Survey , align=left , S. Singer-Brewster , , - id="A. Singh" , align=left , Amanjot Singh , , 1988–pres. , , align=left , A. Singh; , align=left , A. Singh , , - id="R. Sipe" , align=left , Russell Sipe , :Discoveries by Russell Sipe, 2 , n.a. , , align=left , R. Sipe; inferred, disc: and , align=left , R. Sipe , — , - id="B. Sipocz" , align=left , Brigitta Sipőcz , :Discoveries by Brigitta Sipőcz, 42 , 1984–pres. , , align=left , B. Sipőcz; :de:Brigitta Sipőcz, (bio-de) , align=left , B. Sipocz , , - id="M. L. Sitko" , align=left , Michael L. Sitko , , n.a. , , align=left , M. L. Sitko; inferred , align=left , M. L. Sitko , — , - id="B. A. Skiff" , align=left , Brian A. Skiff , :Discoveries by Brian A. Skiff, 62 , n.a. , , align=left , B. A. Skiff; at Lowell Observatory , align=left , B. A. Skiff , , - id="D. R. Skillman" , align=left , David R. Skillman , :Discoveries by David R. Skillman, 17 , 1945–pres. , , align=left , D. R. Skillman; , align=left , D. R. Skillman; D. Skillman , , - id="J. Skvarc" , align=left , Jure Skvarč , :Discoveries by Jure Skvarč, 20 , 1964–pres. , , align=left , J. Skvarč; :it:Jure Skvarč, (bio-it) , align=left , J. Skvarc , , - id="E. Skvortsov" , align=left , Evgenij Fëdorovič Skvorcov , :Discoveries by Evgenij Fëdorovič Skvorcov, 3 , 1882–1952 ,
, align=left , E. Skvorcov; Evgenij Skvortsov, :it:Evgenij Fëdorovič Skvorcov, (bio-it) , align=left , E. Skvortsov , , - id="K. Smalley" , align=left , Sonia Keys , , 1961–2018 , , align=left , K. Smalley; Kyle Smalley, amateur, Powell Observatory , align=left , K. Smalley , , - id="T. M. Smirnova" , align=left , Tamara Smirnova , :Discoveries by Tamara Mikhaylovna Smirnova, 135 , 1935–2001 , , align=left , T. M. Smirnova; , align=left , T. M. Smirnova , , - id="G. Smith" , align=left , Glenn Smith , , 1962–Pres , , align=left , G. Smith; co-disc. with #M. Brown, M. Brown , align=left , G. Smith , , - id="S. Smrekar" , align=left , Suzanne Smrekar , , n.a. , , align=left , S. Smrekar; Suzanne Elizabeth Smrekar; :it:Suzanne Elizabeth Smrekar, (bio-it) , align=left , S. Smrekar , — , - id="B. Sobczuk" , align=left , Bogdan Sobczuk , , n.a. , , align=left , B. Sobczuk
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, align=left , B. Sobczuk , — , - id="A. Sodor" , align=left , Adam Sodor , 1 , n.a. , , align=left , A. Sodor; , align=left , A. Sodor , — , - id="A. Soffiantini" , align=left , Andrea Soffiantini , , n.a. , , align=left , A. Soffiantini; Carezza, Trentino (NASA) , align=left , A. Soffiantini , — , - id="P. Sogorb" , align=left , Patrick Sogorb , :Discoveries by Patrick Sogorb, 6 , 1971–pres. , , align=left , P. Sogorb; amateur, :fr:Patrick Sogorb, (bio-fr) , align=left , P. Sogorb , — , - id="V. Y. Solovyov" , align=left , Vladimir Jakovlevič Solov'ëv , , n.a. , , align=left , V. Y. Solovyov; :it:Vladimir Jakovlevič Solov′ëv, (bio-it) , align=left , V. Y. Solovyov , , - id="Y. Sorimachi" , align=left , Y. Sorimachi (astronomer) , 2 , n.a. , , align=left , Y. Sorimachi; disc: and , align=left , Y. Sorimachi , — , - id="G. Sostero" , align=left , Giovanni Sostero , , 1964–2012 , , align=left , G. Sostero; amateur , align=left , G. Sostero , , - id="A. Sota" , align=left , Alfredo Sota , :Discoveries by Alfredo Sota, 4 , n.a. , , align=left , A. Sota; inferred, at Sierra Nevada Observatory , align=left , A. Sota , , - id="G. Soulie" , align=left , Guy Soulié , :Discoveries by Guy Soulié, 2 , 1920–pres. , , align=left , G. Soulié; amateur, :fr:Guy Soulié, (bio-fr) , align=left , G. Soulie , , - id="T. B. Spahr" , align=left , Timothy B. Spahr , :Discoveries by Timothy B. Spahr, 59 , 1970–pres. , , align=left , T. B. Spahr; Timothy Bruce Spahr, at Bigelow Sky Survey , align=left , T. B. Spahr , , - id="S. Sposetti" , align=left , Stefano Sposetti , :Discoveries by Stefano Sposetti, 166 , 1958–pres. , , align=left , S. Sposetti; amateur , align=left , S. Sposetti; Stefano Sposetti , , - id="T. Stafford" , align=left , Tom Stafford (astronomer) , :Discoveries by Tom Stafford (astronomer), 40 , n.a. , , align=left , T. Stafford; , align=left , T. Stafford , — , - id="A. Staus" , align=left , Anton Staus , :Discoveries by Anton Staus, 1 , 1872–1955 , , align=left , A. Staus; disc: , align=left , A. Staus , — , - id="D. I. Steel" , align=left , Duncan Steel , :Discoveries by Duncan Steel, 12 , 1955–pres. ,
, align=left , D. I. Steel; , align=left , D. I. Steel , , - id="W. A. Stein" , align=left , W. A. Stein , , n.a. , , align=left , W. A. Stein; inferred , align=left , W. A. Stein , , - id="E. Stephan" , align=left , Édouard Stephan , :Discoveries by Édouard Stephan, 2 , 1837–1923 , , align=left , É. Stephan; disc: and , align=left , E. Stephan , , - id="P. B. Stetson" , align=left , Peter B. Stetson , , 1952–pres. , , align=left , P. B. Stetson; Peter Brailey Stetson, :it:Peter Brailey Stetson, (bio-it) , align=left , P. B. Stetson , , - id="B. L. Stevens" , align=left , Berton L. Stevens , :Discoveries by Bert L. Stevens (astronomer), 59 , 1951–pres. , , align=left , B. L. Stevens; amateur, Desert Moon Observatory , :it:Berton L. Stevens, (bio-it) , align=left , B. L. Stevens , , - id="J. Stevens" , align=left , Janet A. Stevens , , 1950–pres. , , align=left , J. Stevens; amateur, née Madenberg, wife of B. L. Stevens :it:Janet Stevens, (bio-it) , align=left , J. Stevens , , - id="C. F. Stewart" , align=left , Carlton F. Stewart , , n.a. , , align=left , C. F. Stewart; :it:Carlton F. Stewart, (bio-it) , align=left , C. F. Stewart , , - id="D. Stewart" , align=left , DeLisle Stewart , :Discoveries by DeLisle Stewart, 1 , 1870–1941 , , align=left , D. Stewart; disc: , align=left , D. Stewart , , - id="L. Stewart" , align=left , Lacey Stewart , , n.a. , , align=left , L. Stewart
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, align=left , L. Stewart , , - id="J. Stock" , align=left , Jürgen Stock (astronomer) , :Discoveries by Jürgen Stock (astronomer), 3 , 1923–pres. ,
, align=left , J. Stock; , align=left , J. Stock , , - id="M. Stockmaster" , align=left , M. Stockmaster , , n.a. , , align=left , M. Stockmaster; inferred , align=left , M. Stockmaster , — , - id="R. M. Stoss" , align=left , Reiner Michael Stoss , :Discoveries by Reiner M. Stoss, 9 , 1975–pres. , , align=left , R. M. Stoss; amateur, at Starkenburg Observatory , align=left , R. M. Stoss; R. Stoss , , - id="L. Strabla" , align=left , Luca Strabla , , 1963–pres. , , align=left , L. Strabla; Luca Pietro Strabla, amateur, :it:Luca Pietro Strabla, (bio-it) , align=left , L. Strabla , , - id="L.-G. Strolger" , align=left , Louis-Gregory Strolger , , n.a. , , align=left , L.-G. Strolger; inferred , align=left , L.-G. Strolger , — , - id="G. Strommer" , align=left , Gyula Strommer , , 1920–1995 , , align=left , G. Strommer; :it:Gyula Strommer, (bio-it) , align=left , G. Strommer , , - id="O. Struve" , align=left , Otto Struve , :Discoveries by Otto Struve, 2 , 1897–1963 , , align=left , O. Struve; , align=left , O. Struve , , - id="A. Stucchi" , align=left , Antonio Stucchi , , n.a. , , align=left , A. Stucchi; inferred , align=left , A. Stucchi , — , - id="J. Sue" , align=left , Jeffrey Sue , , n.a. , , align=left , J. Sue; inferred, at RAS Observatory
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, align=left , J. Sue , , - id="U. Suessenberger" , align=left , Uwe Süßenberger , :Discoveries by Uwe Süßenberger, 4 , n.a. , , align=left , U. Süßenberger; , align=left , U. Suessenberger , — , - id="M. Sugano" , align=left , Matsuo Sugano , :Discoveries by Matsuo Sugano, 4 , 1939–pres. , , align=left , M. Sugano; amateur , align=left , M. Sugano , , - id="A. Sugie" , align=left , Atsushi Sugie , :Discoveries by Atsushi Sugie, 122 , n.a. , , align=left , A. Sugie; at Dynic Astronomical Observatory , align=left , A. Sugie , , - id="R. Suvanto" , align=left , Rafael Suvanto , , 1909–1940 , , align=left , R. Suvanto; :it:Rafael Suvanto, (bio-it) , align=left , R. Suvanto , , - id="K. Suzuki" , align=left , Kenzo Suzuki (astronomer) , :Discoveries by Kenzo Suzuki (astronomer), 42 , 1950–pres. , , align=left , K. Suzuki; amateur , align=left , K. Suzuki , , - id="S. Suzuki" , align=left , Shōhei Suzuki , :Discoveries by Shohei Suzuki, 52 , n.a. , , align=left , S. Suzuki; , align=left , S. Suzuki , — , - id="S. R. Swanson" , align=left , Steven Roger Swanson , :Discoveries by Steven Roger Swanson, 2 , n.a. , , align=left , S. R. Swanson; inferred, disc: and , align=left , S. R. Swanson , , - id="F. Sy" , align=left , Frédéric Sy , :Discoveries by Frédéric Sy, 2 , 1861–19xx , , align=left , F. Sy; at Algiers and Paris observatories; disc: and , align=left , F. Sy , , - id="G. Szabo" , align=left , Gyula M. Szabó , :Discoveries by Gyula M. Szabó, 9 , 1979–pres. , , align=left , G. Szabó; :fr:Gyula M. Szabó, (bio-fr) , align=left , G. Szabo , , - id="T. Szalai" , align=left , Tamás Szalai (astronomer) , :Discoveries by Tamás Szalai (astronomer), 6 , n.a. , , align=left , T. Szalai; inferred, disc: and , align=left , T. Szalai , , - id="D. Szam" , align=left , Dorottya Szám , , n.a. , , align=left , D. Szám; amateur, :it:Szám, (bio-it) , align=left , D. Szam , — , - id="P. Szekely" , align=left , Péter Székely (astronomer) , :Discoveries by Péter Székely (astronomer), 3 , n.a. , , align=left , P. Székely; Piszkéstető Station , align=left , P. Szekely , — , - id="A. Szing" , align=left , Attila Szing , :Discoveries by Attila Szing, 6 , n.a. , , align=left , A. Szing; inferred , align=left , A. Szing , — , - id="D. Taeymans" , align=left , D. Taeymans , , n.a. , , align=left , D. Taeymans; inferred , align=left , D. Taeymans , — , - id="L. G. Taff" , align=left , Laurence G. Taff , :Discoveries by Laurence G. Taff, 10 , 1947–pres. , , align=left , L. G. Taff; :fr:Laurence G. Taff, (bio-fr) , align=left , L. G. Taff , — , - id="U. Tagliaferri" , align=left , Ugo Tagliaferri , :Discoveries by Ugo Tagliaferri, 2 , n.a. , , align=left , U. Tagliaferri; amateur, disc: and , :it:Ugo Tagliaferri, (bio-it) , align=left , U. Tagliaferri , — , - id="A. Takahashi" , align=left , Atsushi Takahashi , :Discoveries by Atsushi Takahashi, 22 , 1965–pres. , , align=left , A. Takahashi; amateur, at Kitami Observatory , align=left , A. Takahashi , , - id="M. Takeishi" , align=left , Masanori Takeishi , :Discoveries by Masanori Takeishi, 13 , 1950–pres. , , align=left , M. Takeishi; amateur, :de:Masanori Takeishi, (bio-de) , align=left , M. Takeishi , , - id="A. W. Taylor" , align=left , A. W. Taylor (astronomer) , , n.a. , , align=left , A. W. Taylor; , Cordell-Lorenz Obs. (#D. T. Durig, ''see D. T. Durig'') , align=left , A. W. Taylor , — , - id="D. Team" , align=left , D. Team (astronomer) , 2 , n.a. , , align=left , D. Team; , Kitt Peak , align=left , D. Team , — , - id="N. Teamo" , align=left , Noéline Teamo , :Discoveries by Noéline Teamo, 240 , n.a. , , align=left , N. Teamo; amateur, Hibiscus Observatory , align=left , N. Teamo , — , - id="E. W. Tempel" , align=left , Wilhelm Tempel , :Discoveries by Wilhelm Tempel, 5 , 1821–1889 , , align=left , E. W. Tempel; , align=left , E. W. Tempel , , - id="L. Tesi" , align=left , Luciano Tesi , :Discoveries by Luciano Tesi, 192 , 1931–pres. , , align=left , L. Tesi; amateur , align=left , L. Tesi; L. esi , , - id="A. Testa" , align=left , Augusto Testa , :Discoveries by Augusto Testa, 31 , 1950–pres. , , align=left , A. Testa; amateur , align=left , A. Testa , , - id="H. Thiele" , align=left , Holger Thiele , :Discoveries by Holger Thiele, 4 , 1878–1946 , , align=left , H. Thiele; son of Thorvald N. Thiele , align=left , H. Thiele , , - id="B. Thinius" , align=left , Bernd Thinius , :Discoveries by Bernd Thinius, 2 , 1959–pres. , , align=left , B. Thinius; amateur, disc: and , , align=left , B. Thinius , — , - id="D. J. Tholen" , align=left , David J. Tholen , :Discoveries by David J. Tholen, 68 , 1955–pres. , , align=left , D. J. Tholen; , align=left , D. J. Tholen; D. C. Tholen , , - id="N. G. Thomas" , align=left , Norman G. Thomas , :Discoveries by Norman G. Thomas, 55 , 1930–pres. , , align=left , N. G. Thomas; , align=left , N. G. Thomas , , - id="W. Thuillot" , align=left , William Thuillot , , 1951–pres. , , align=left , W. Thuillot; inferred , align=left , W. Thuillot , , - id="D. Tibbets" , align=left , Dan Tibbets , :Discoveries by Dan Tibbets, 3 , n.a. , , align=left , D. Tibbets; inferred, disc: and , align=left , D. Tibbets , — , - id="J. Ticha" , align=left , Jana Tichá , :Discoveries by Jana Tichá, 119 , 1965–pres. , , align=left , J. Tichá; , align=left , J. Ticha , , - id="M. Tichy" , align=left , Miloš Tichý , :Discoveries by Miloš Tichý, 240 , 1966–pres. , , align=left , M. Tichý; , align=left , M. Tichy , , - id="J. Tiedtke" , align=left , Jürgen Tiedtke , , 1966–pres. , , align=left , J. Tiedtke; amateur, co-disc. with #M. Klein, M. Klein
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, align=left , J. Tiedtke , — , - id="F. Tietjen" , align=left , Friedrich Tietjen , :Discoveries by Friedrich Tietjen, 1 , 1832–1895 , , align=left , F. Tietjen; ARI-astronomer, disc: , align=left , F. Tietjen , , - id="M. Todd" , align=left , Michael Todd (astronomer) , :Discoveries by Michael Todd (astronomer), 5 , n.a. , , align=left , M. Todd; inferred , align=left , M. Todd , — , - id="C. W. Tombaugh" , align=left , Clyde Tombaugh , :Discoveries by Clyde Tombaugh, 15 , 1906–1997 , , align=left , C. W. Tombaugh; , align=left , C. W. Tombaugh , , - id="M. Tombelli" , align=left , Maura Tombelli , :Discoveries by Maura Tombelli, 199 , 1952–pres. , , align=left , M. Tombelli; amateur , align=left , M. Tombelli , , - id="K. Tomita" , align=left , Kōichirō Tomita , :Discoveries by Kōichirō Tomita, 9 , 1925–2006 , , align=left , K. Tomita; at the Tokyo Astronomical Observatory , align=left , K. Tomita , , - id="M. Tonincelli" , align=left , Mario Tonincelli , :Discoveries by Mario Tonincelli, 5 , n.a. , , align=left , M. Tonincelli; inferred , align=left , M. Tonincelli , — , - id="J. L. Tonry" , align=left , John L. Tonry , :Discoveries by John L. Tonry, 2 , 1953–pres. , , align=left , J. L. Tonry; University of Hawaii, disc: and , :de:John L. Tonry, (bio-de) , align=left , J. L. Tonry , , - id="C. Torres" , align=left , Carlos Torres (astronomer) , :Discoveries by Carlos Torres (astronomer), 37 , 1929–2011 , , align=left , C. Torres; Carlos Torres R. (not Carlos Guillermo Torres)
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, align=left , C. Torres , , - id="Y. Torres" , align=left , Y. Torres , , n.a. , , align=left , Y. Torres; inferred , align=left , Y. Torres , , - id="J. Toth" , align=left , Juraj Tóth , :Discoveries by Juraj Tóth, 16 , 1975–pres. , , align=left , J. Tóth; at Comenius University , align=left , J. Toth , , - id="S. Tourtellotte" , align=left , Suzanne W. Tourtellotte , :Discoveries by Suzanne W. Tourtellotte, 16 , 1945–2013 , , align=left , S. Tourtellotte; inferred , align=left , S. Tourtellotte , — , - id="F. Tozzi" , align=left , Fabrizio Tozzi , :Discoveries by Fabrizio Tozzi, 153 , 1970–pres. , , align=left , F. Tozzi; amateur, :it:Fabrizio Tozzi, (bio-it) , align=left , F. Tozzi , — , - id="R. Trentman" , align=left , Richard Trentman , :Discoveries by Richard Trentman, 3 , 1939–pres. , , align=left , R. Trentman; amateur, Powell Observatory Near-Earth-Object program; disc: and , align=left , R. Trentman , , - id="D. E. Trilling" , align=left , David E. Trilling , :Discoveries by David E. Trilling, 52 , 1972–pres. , , align=left , D. E. Trilling; disc: and , align=left , D. E. Trilling , , - id="P. J. Tristram" , align=left , Paul J. Tristram , , n.a. , , align=left , P. J. Tristram; MJUO
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, align=left , P. J. Tristram , , - id="C. A. Trujillo" , align=left , Chad Trujillo , :Discoveries by Chad Trujillo, 65 , 1973–pres. , , align=left , C. Trujillo; , align=left , C. A. Trujillo; C. Trujillo; C. W. Trujillo , , - id="Y.-S. Tsai" , align=left , Yuan-Sheng Tsai (astronomer) , :Discoveries by Yuan-Sheng Tsai (astronomer), 1 , n.a. , , align=left , Y.-S. Tsai; inferred , align=left , Y.-S. Tsai , , - id="A. Tsuchikawa" , align=left , Akira Tsuchikawa , :Discoveries by Akira Tsuchikawa, 4 , n.a. , , align=left , A. Tsuchikawa; :it:Akira Tsuchikawa, (bio-it) , align=left , A. Tsuchikawa , — , - id="R. A. Tucker" , align=left , Roy A. Tucker , :Discoveries by Roy A. Tucker, 737 , 1951–pres. , , align=left , R. A. Tucker; , align=left , R. A. Tucker; R. Tucker , , - id="D. Tuma" , align=left , D. Tuma , , n.a. , , align=left , D. Tuma; inferred , align=left , D. Tuma , — , - id="H. P. Tuttle" , align=left , Horace Parnell Tuttle , :Discoveries by Horace Tuttle, 2 , 1837–1923 , , align=left , H. P. Tuttle; , align=left , H. P. Tuttle , , - id="A. Udalski" , align=left , Andrzej Udalski , :Discoveries by Andrzej Udalski, 2 , 1957–pres. , , align=left , A. Udalski; disc: and , align=left , A. Udalski , — , - id="S. Ueda" , align=left , Seiji Ueda , :Discoveries by Seiji Ueda, 705 , 1952–pres. , , align=left , S. Ueda; amateur , align=left , S. Ueda , , - id="S. Urakawa" , align=left , Seitaro Urakawa , 4 , 1975–pres. , , align=left , S. Urakawa; at Bisei , align=left , S. Urakawa , , - id="T. Urata" , align=left , Takeshi Urata , :Discoveries by Takeshi Urata, 642 , 1947–2012 , , align=left , T. Urata; amateur , align=left , T. Urata , , - id="F. Uto" , align=left , Fumiaki Uto , :Discoveries by Fumiaki Uto, 22 , n.a. , , align=left , F. Uto; , align=left , F. Uto; T. Uto , — , - id="O. Vaduvescu" , align=left , Ovidiu Vaduvescu , :Discoveries by Ovidiu Vaduvescu, 8 , n.a. , , align=left , O. Vaduvescu; first: , align=left , O. Vaduvescu , — , - id="A. Vagnozzi" , align=left , Antonio Vagnozzi , :Discoveries by Antonio Vagnozzi, 46 , 1950–pres. , , align=left , A. Vagnozzi; amateur , align=left , A. Vagnozzi , , - id="M. Vaisala" , align=left , Marja Väisälä , :Discoveries by Marja Väisälä, 2 , 1916–2011 , , align=left , M. Väisälä; Marja Ilmatar Väisälä, daughter of Y. Väisälä, disc: and , :it:Marja Ilmatar Väisälä, (bio-it) , align=left , M. Vaisala , — , - id="Y. Vaisala" , align=left , Yrjö Väisälä , :Discoveries by Yrjö Väisälä, 128 , 1891–1971 , , align=left , Y. Väisälä; at Turku Observatory , align=left , Y. Vaisala , , , - id="M. Vale" , align=left , Mallory Vale , :Discoveries by Mallory Vale, 3 , 1986–pres. , , align=left , M. Vale; , align=left , M. Vale , , - id="J. Vales" , align=left , Jan Vales , 5 , n.a. , , align=left , J. Vales; at Črni Vrh, , align=left , J. Vales , — , - id="G. Van Biesbroeck" , align=left , George Van Biesbroeck , :Discoveries by George Van Biesbroeck, 16 , 1880–1974 ,
, align=left , G. Van Biesbroeck; , align=left , G. Van Biesbroeck , , - id="H. van Gent" , align=left , Hendrik van Gent , :Discoveries by Hendrik van Gent, 39 , 1899–1947 , , align=left , H. van Gent; , align=left , H. van Gent , , - id="C. J. van Houten" , align=left , Cornelis Johannes van Houten , :Discoveries by Cornelis Johannes van Houten, 4643 , 1920–2002 , , align=left , C. J. van Houten; , align=left , C. J. van Houten , , - id="I. van Houten-Groeneveld" , align=left , Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld , :Discoveries by Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld, 4644 , 1921–2015 , , align=left , I. van Houten-Groeneveld; , align=left , I. van Houten-Groeneveld; I. Groeneveld , , - id="A. van Staden" , align=left , Andre van Staden , , n.a. , , align=left , A. van Staden; inferred , align=left , A. van Staden , , - id="A. Vanden Heuvel" , align=left , Andrew Vanden Heuvel , 3 , n.a. , , align=left , A. Vanden Heuvel; :it:Andrew Vanden Heuvel, (bio-it) , align=left , A. Vanden Heuvel , — , - id="L. Vasta" , align=left , Luděk Vašta , , n.a. , , align=left , L. Vašta; inferred , align=left , L. Vasta , — , - id="Z. Vavrova" , align=left , Zdeňka Vávrová , :Discoveries by Zdeňka Vávrová, 115 , 1945–pres. , , align=left , Z. Vávrová; , align=left , Z. Vavrova , , - id="C. Veillet" , align=left , Christian Veillet , :Discoveries by Christian Veillet, 161 , 1954–pres. , , align=left , C. Veillet; , align=left , C. Veillet , , - id="G. Ventre" , align=left , Graziano Ventre , :Discoveries by Graziano Ventre, 4 , 1954–pres. , , align=left , G. Ventre; amateur, :it:Graziano Ventre, (bio-it) , align=left , G. Ventre , , - id="K. Vida" , align=left , Krisztián Vida , , 1983–pres. , , align=left , K. Vida;
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, co-disc. #K. Sarneczky , align=left , K. Vida , — , - id="A. Vidal" , align=left , Antoni Vidal , , n.a. , , align=left , A. Vidal; amateur, :it:Antoni Vidal, (bio-it) , align=left , A. Vidal , — , - id="E. Vigil" , align=left , Ester Vigil , , n.a. , , align=left , E. Vigil; amateur, :it:Ester Vigil, (bio-it) , align=left , E. Vigil , — , - id="J. Vilagi" , align=left , Jozef Világi , :Discoveries by Jozef Világi, 12 , n.a. , , align=left , J. Világi; inferred , align=left , J. Vilagi , — , - id="W. Villiger" , align=left , Walter Augustin Villiger , , 1872–1938 , , align=left , W. Villiger; , align=left , W. Villiger , , - id="G. R. Viscome" , align=left , George R. Viscome , :Discoveries by George R. Viscome, 33 , 1956–pres. , , align=left , G. R. Viscome; , align=left , G. R. Viscome , , - id="D. Voglsam" , align=left , David Voglsam , , n.a. , , align=left , D. Voglsam
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, align=left , D. Voglsam , — , - id="H. Vogt" , align=left , Heinrich Vogt (astronomer) , :Discoveries by Heinrich Vogt, 1 , 1890–1968 , , align=left , H. Vogt; disc: , align=left , H. Vogt , , - id="L. Volta" , align=left , Luigi Volta , :Discoveries by Luigi Volta, 5 , 1876–1952 , , align=left , L. Volta; :it:Luigi Volta, (bio-it) , align=left , L. Volta , , - id="T. Vorobjov" , align=left , Tomáš Vorobjov , :Discoveries by Tomáš Vorobjov, 15 , 1984–pres. , , align=left , T. Vorobjov; amateur , align=left , T. Vorobjov , , - id="C. Vuissoz" , align=left , Christel Vuissoz , :Discoveries by Christel Vuissoz, 5 , n.a. , , align=left , C. Vuissoz; inferred, disc: , align=left , C. Vuissoz , — , - id="L. Vyskocil" , align=left , Libor Vyskočil , , n.a. , , align=left , L. Vyskočil; inferred , align=left , L. Vyskocil , — , - id="A. Wachmann" , align=left , Arno Arthur Wachmann , :Discoveries by Arno Arthur Wachmann, 3 , 1902–1990 , , align=left , A. Wachmann; , align=left , A. Wachmann , , - id="S. Wadhwa" , align=left , Sahil Wadhwa , , n.a. , , align=left , S. Wadhwa; , align=left , S. Wadhwa , — , - id="J. Wagner" , align=left , Joe Wagner (astronomer) , :Discoveries by Joe Wagner (astronomer), 6 , 1964–pres. , , align=left , J. Wagner; :it:Joe Wagner, (bio-it) , align=left , J. Wagner , — , - id="R. M. Wagner" , align=left , R. Mark Wagner , :Discoveries by R. Mark Wagner (astronomer), 9 , n.a. , , align=left , R. M. Wagner
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, align=left , R. M. Wagner , — , - id="J. D. Waldron" , align=left , Duncan Waldron , :Discoveries by Duncan Waldron, 2 , n.a. ,
, align=left , J. D. Waldron; amateur, disc: and , :it:J. Duncan Waldron, (bio-it) , align=left , J. D. Waldron , — , - id="J. V. Wall" , align=left , Jasper V. Wall , , n.a. , , align=left , J. V. Wall; :it:Jasper V. Wall, (bio-it) , align=left , J. V. Wall , — , - id="A. A. E. Wallenquist" , align=left , Åke Wallenquist , , 1904–1994 , , align=left , Å. A. E. Wallenquist; at Kvistaberg Station , align=left , A. A. E. Wallenquist , , - id="B. D. Warner" , align=left , Brian D. Warner , :Discoveries by Brian D. Warner, 3 , 1952–pres. , , align=left , B. D. Warner; photometrist, :it:Brian D. Warner, (bio-it)
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, align=left , B. D. Warner , , - id="A. Warnock" , align=left , Archibald Warnock , :Discoveries by Archibald Warnock, 7 , n.a. , , align=left , A. Warnock; :it:Archibald Warnock, (bio-it) , align=left , A. Warnock , — , - id="L. H. Wasserman" , align=left , Lawrence H. Wasserman , :Discoveries by Lawrence H. Wasserman, 295 , n.a. , , align=left , L. H. Wasserman; occultation, :it:Lawrence H. Wasserman, (bio-it) , align=left , L. H. Wasserman , , - id="K. Watanabe" , align=left , Kazuro Watanabe , :Discoveries by Kazuro Watanabe, 671 , 1955–pres. , , align=left , K. Watanabe; amateur , align=left , K. Watanabe , , - id="J. C. Watson" , align=left , James Craig Watson , :Discoveries by James Craig Watson, 22 , 1838–1880 ,
, align=left , J. C. Watson; , align=left , J. C. Watson , , - id="M. Watt" , align=left , Martin Watt , :Discoveries by Martin Watt, 4 , n.a. , , align=left , M. Watt; :it:Martin Watt, (bio-it) , align=left , M. Watt , — , - id="J. S. Weaver" , align=left , J. Scott Weaver , :Discoveries by J. Scott Weaver, 2 , 1940–2008 , , align=left , J. S. Weaver; :it:J. Scott Weaver, (bio-it) , align=left , J. S. Weaver; S. Weaver , , - id="R. Weber" , align=left , Robert Weber (astronomer) , :Discoveries by Robert Weber (astronomer), 8 , 1926–2008 , , align=left , R. Weber; , align=left , R. Weber , , - id="K. Wefel" , align=left , Katrina Wefel , :Discoveries by Katrina Wefel, 2 , n.a. , , align=left , K. Wefel; at Baton Rouge, disc: and , align=left , K. Wefel , — , - id="D. Wells" , align=left , Don J. Wells , :Discoveries by Don J. Wells, 21 , 1965–pres. , , align=left , D. Wells; amateur, :it:Don J. Wells, (bio-it) , align=left , D. Wells , , - id="L. Wells" , align=left , Lisa Wells (astronomer) , 5 , n.a. , , align=left , L. Wells; inferred; remote observer for Canada–France–Hawaii Telescope, CFHT; co-discoverer #M. Micheli
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, align=left , L. Wells , — , - id="J. Wentworth" , align=left , Jim Wentworth , , n.a. , , align=left , J. Wentworth; inferred , align=left , J. Wentworth , — , - id="W. Wenzel" , align=left , Wolfgang Wenzel (astronomer) , , 1929–pres. , , align=left , W. Wenzel; :de:Wolfgang Wenzel, (bio-de) , align=left , W. Wenzel , , - id="R. M. West" , align=left , Richard Martin West , :Discoveries by Richard Martin West, 40 , 1941–pres. , , align=left , R. M. West; , align=left , R. M. West , , - id="F. L. Whipple" , align=left , Fred Lawrence Whipple , , 1906–2004 , , align=left , F. L. Whipple; , align=left , F. L. Whipple , , - id="M. White" , align=left , Minor White (astronomer) , :Discoveries by Minor White (astronomer), 45 , n.a. , , align=left , M. White; :it:Minor White (astronomo), (bio-it) , align=left , M. White , — , - id="R. J. Whiteley" , align=left , Robert J. Whiteley , :Discoveries by Robert J. Whiteley, 12 , 1971–pres. , , align=left , R. J. Whiteley; :it:Robert J. Whiteley, (bio-it) , align=left , R. J. Whiteley , , - id="P. A. Wiegert" , align=left , Paul Wiegert , :Discoveries by Paul A. Wiegert, 85 , 1967–pres. , , align=left , P. A. Wiegert; , align=left , P. A. Wiegert , , - id="P. Wiggins" , align=left , Patrick Wiggins (astronomer) , :Discoveries by Patrick Wiggins (astronomer), 5 , 1949–pres. , , align=left , P. Wiggins; amateur, :it:Patrick Wiggins (astronomo), (bio-it) , align=left , P. Wiggins , , - id="P. Wild" , align=left , Paul Wild (Swiss astronomer) , :Discoveries by Paul Wild (Swiss astronomer), 94 , 1925–2014 , , align=left , P. Wild; , align=left , P. Wild , , - id="P. D. Wilder" , align=left , Peter D. Wilder , , n.a. , , align=left , P. D. Wilder; :it:Peter D. Wilder, (bio-it) , align=left , P. D. Wilder , — , - id="I. P. Williams" , align=left , Iwan P. Williams , :Discoveries by Iwan P. Williams, 7 , n.a. , , align=left , I. P. Williams; :it:Iwan P. Williams, (bio-it) , align=left , I. P. Williams , , - id="J. G. Williams" , align=left , James G. Williams , , n.a. , , align=left , J. G. Williams
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, align=left , J. G. Williams , , - id="K. A. Williams" , align=left , Kenneth A. Williams , :Discoveries by Kenneth A. Williams, 14 , 1956–pres. , , align=left , K. A. Williams; Lake Clear N.Y.; astrophotographer , align=left , K. A. Williams , , - id="R. M. Williams" , align=left , Ryan M. Williams , , n.a. , , align=left , R. M. Williams; :it:Ryan M. Williams, (bio-it) , align=left , R. M. Williams , — , - id="J. Willis" , align=left , John E. Willis , , n.a. , , align=left , J. Willis; USNO-astronomer
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:it:John E. Willis, (bio-it) , align=left , J. Willis , — , - id="A. G. Wilson" , align=left , Albert George Wilson , :Discoveries by Albert George Wilson, 5 , 1918–2012 , , align=left , A. G. Wilson; , align=left , A. G. Wilson , , - id="C. A. Wirtanen" , align=left , Carl A. Wirtanen , :Discoveries by Carl A. Wirtanen, 8 , 1910–1990 , , align=left , C. A. Wirtanen; , align=left , C. A. Wirtanen , , - id="E. Wirtanen" , align=left , Edith Wirtanen , , n.a. , , align=left , E. Wirtanen; Edith Rand Wirtanen, wife of Carl Wirtanen, :it:Edith Wirtanen, (bio-it) , align=left , E. Wirtanen , , - id="G. Witt" , align=left , Carl Gustav Witt , :Discoveries by Carl Gustav Witt, 2 , 1866–1946 , , align=left , G. Witt; , align=left , G. Witt , , - id="D. Wittman" , align=left , David Wittman , 3 , n.a. , , align=left , D. Wittman; David M. Wittman , align=left , D. Wittman , — , - id="C. Wolf" , align=left , Christian Wolf (astronomer) , , n.a. , , align=left , C. Wolf; assumed , align=left , C. Wolf , — , - id="M. Wolf" , align=left , Marek Wolf , :Discoveries by Marek Wolf, 19 , 1957–pres. , , align=left , M. Wolf; , align=left , M. Wolf , — , - id="M. F. Wolf" , align=left , Max Wolf , :Discoveries by Max Wolf, 248 , 1863–1932 , , align=left , M. F. Wolf; , align=left , M. F. Wolf , , - id="C. Wolfe" , align=left , Chris Wolfe , :Discoveries by Chris Wolfe, 29 , n.a. , , align=left , C. Wolfe; :it:Chris Wolfe, (bio-it) , align=left , C. Wolfe , — , - id="U. Wolff" , align=left , Ulrich Wolff , :Discoveries by Ulrich Wolff, 2 , 1964–pres. , , align=left , U. Wolff; amateur, Berlin
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, align=left , U. Wolff , — , - id="H. E. Wood" , align=left , Harry Edwin Wood , :Discoveries by Harry Edwin Wood, 12 , 1881–1946 , , align=left , H. E. Wood; , align=left , H. E. Wood , , - id="X. Gao" , align=left , Gao Xing , :Discoveries by Gao Xing, 8 , 1974–pres. , , align=left , X. Gao; first disc: , obscode:IAU code#C42, C42 , align=left , X. Gao , , - id="N. Yamamoto" , align=left , Naotaka Yamamoto , , n.a. , , align=left , N. Yamamoto; :it:Naotaka Yamamoto, (bio-it) , align=left , N. Yamamoto , — , - id="M. Yanai" , align=left , Masayuki Yanai , :Discoveries by Masayuki Yanai, 27 , 1959–pres. , , align=left , M. Yanai; , align=left , M. Yanai , , - id="T.-C. Yang" , align=left , Yang Tingzhang , :Discoveries by Yang Tingzhang, 12 , n.a. , , align=left , T.-C. Yang; :it:Yang Tingzhang, (bio-it) , align=left , T.-C. Yang , — , - id="Q.-z. Ye" , align=left , Ye Quan-Zhi , :Discoveries by Quanzhi Ye, 213 , 1988–pres. , , align=left , Q.-z. Ye; also: Quan-Zhi Ye, :it:Quanzhi Ye, (bio-it)
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, align=left , Q.-z. Ye; Q.-Z. Ye; Q. Ye , , - id="B. Yeung" , align=left , B. Yeung , 1 , n.a. , , align=left , B. Yeung; , align=left , B. Yeung , — , - id="W. K. Y. Yeung" , align=left , William Kwong Yu Yeung , :Discoveries by William K. Y. Yeung, 2049 , 1960–pres. , , align=left , W. K. Y. Yeung; amateur, :it:William Kwong Yu Yeung, (bio-it) , align=left , W. K. Y. Yeung; W. K. Yeung , , - id="M. Yoshimi" , align=left , M. Yoshimi , , n.a. , , align=left , M. Yoshimi; , align=left , M. Yoshimi , , - id="J. W. Young" , align=left , James Whitney Young , :Discoveries by James Whitney Young, 267 , 1941–pres. , , align=left , J. W. Young , align=left , J. W. Young; J. Young , , - id="J. Zakrajsek" , align=left , Jure Zakrajšek , :Discoveries by Jure Zakrajšek, 7 , n.a. , , align=left , J. Zakrajšek
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, align=left , J. Zakrajsek , — , - id="O. Zamora" , align=left , O. Zamora , , n.a. , , align=left , O. Zamora; co-disc. #O. Vaduvescu , align=left , O. Zamora , — , - id="F. Zanardini" , align=left , Fulvio Zanardini , 2 , n.a. , , align=left , F. Zanardini; disc: and , :it:Fulvio Zanardini, (bio-it) , align=left , F. Zanardini , — , - id="L. Zannoni" , align=left , Luciano Zannoni , , n.a. , , align=left , L. Zannoni; , align=left , L. Zannoni , — , - id="V. Zappala" , align=left , Vincenzo Zappalà , :Discoveries by Vincenzo Zappalà, 9 , 1945–pres. , , align=left , V. Zappalà; at Pino Torinese Observatory , align=left , V. Zappala , , - id="J. Zdanavicius" , align=left , Justas Zdanavičius , :Discoveries by Justas Zdanavičius, 114 , n.a. , , align=left , J. Zdanavičius; :it:Justas Zdanavičius, (bio-it) , align=left , J. Zdanavicius , — , - id="K. Zdanavicius" , align=left , Kazimieras Zdanavičius , , 1938–pres. , , align=left , K. Zdanavičius; :it:Kazimieras Zdanavičius, (bio-it) , align=left , K. Zdanavicius , , - id="K. W. Zeigler" , align=left , Kenneth W. Zeigler , :Discoveries by Kenneth W. Zeigler, 3 , n.a. , , align=left , K. W. Zeigler; disc: , :it:Kenneth W. Zeigler, (bio-it) , align=left , K. W. Zeigler , — , - id="D. Zelinsky" , align=left , David S. Zelinsky , , n.a. , , align=left , D. Zelinsky; inferred , align=left , D. Zelinsky , , - id="O. Zeloyniy" , align=left , O. Zeloyniy , 2 , n.a. , , align=left , O. Zeloyniy; inferred, first: , align=left , O. Zeloyniy , – , - id="Z. Xu" , align=left , Xu Zhijian , :Discoveries by Xu Zhijian, 4 , 1989–pres. , , align=left , Z. Xu; amateur, , co-discoveries with #X. Gao, Gao Xing, supernovae, novae, 300+ SOHO comets , align=left , Z. Xu , , - id="L. V. Zhuravleva" , align=left , Lyudmila Zhuravleva , :Discoveries by Lyudmila Zhuravleva, 213 , 1946–pres. ,
, align=left , L. V. Zhuravleva; Lyudmila Vasil'evna Zhuravleva; ITA-astronomer , align=left , L. V. Zhuravleva , , - id="M. Ziboli" , align=left , Massimo Ziboli , :Discoveries by Massimo Ziboli, 4 , n.a. , , align=left , M. Ziboli; amateur, disc: , :it:Massimo Ziboli, (bio-it) , align=left , M. Ziboli , — , - id="P. Zigo" , align=left , Pavel Zigo , , n.a. , , align=left , P. Zigo; inferred , align=left , P. Zigo , — , - id="U. Zimmer" , align=left , Ute Zimmer , :Discoveries by Ute Zimmer, 24 , 1964–pres. , , align=left , U. Zimmer; amateur, , align=left , U. Zimmer , — , - id="M. Zolnowski" , align=left , Michał Żołnowski , :Discoveries by Michał Żołnowski, 16 , 1975–pres. , , align=left , M. Żołnowski; amateur, Rantiga Osservatorio , align=left , M. Zolnowski , , - id="F. B. Zoltowski" , align=left , Frank B. Zoltowski , :Discoveries by Frank B. Zoltowski, 229 , 1957–pres. , , align=left , F. B. Zoltowski; amateur , align=left , F. B. Zoltowski , , - id="G. Zonaro" , align=left , Giovanni Zonaro , , n.a. , , align=left , G. Zonaro; amateur, :it:Giovanni Zonaro, (bio-it) , align=left , G. Zonaro , — , - id="C. Zurita" , align=left , Cristina Zurita , , n.a. , , align=left , C. Zurita; inferred , align=left , C. Zurita , — , - id="A. Zytkow" , align=left , Anna N. Żytkow , :Discoveries by Anna N. Żytkow, 7 , 1947–pres. , , align=left , A. Żytkow; , align=left , A. Zytkow , —

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}) , align=left , Begues , - id="Belesta" , align=left , Bélesta Observatory , :Discoveries by the Bélesta Observatory, 2 , IAU code#A05, A05 , , align=left , Bélesta Obs.; at Bélesta-en-Lauragais, ADAGIO society , align=left , Belesta , - id="Beijing Schmidt CCD Asteroid Program" , align=left , Beijing Schmidt CCD Asteroid Program , :Discoveries by SCAP, 1304 , IAU code#327, 327 , , align=left , SCAP; , align=left , Beijing Schmidt CCD Asteroid Program; NAOC Schmidt CCD Asteroid Program , - id="Bergen-Enkheim" , align=left , Bergen-Enkheim Observatory , :Discoveries by the Bergen-Enkheim Observatory, 1 , IAU code#A74, A74 , , align=left , Bergen-Enkheim Obs.; , align=left , Bergen-Enkheim , - id="Bergisch Gladbach" , align=left , Bergisch Gladbach Observatory , :Discoveries by the Bergisch Gladbach Observatory, 11 , IAU code#621, 621 , , align=left , Bergisch Gladbach Obs.; , align=left , Bergisch Gladbach , - id="Bohyunsan" , align=left , Bohyunsan Optical Astronomy Observatory , :Discoveries by the Bohyunsan Optical Astronomy Observatory, 31 , IAU code#344, 344 , , align=left , Bohyunsan Obs.; , align=left , Bohyunsan , - id="Boyden Observatory" , align=left , Boyden Observatory , :Discoveries by the Boyden Observatory, 4 , IAU code#074, 074 , , align=left , Boyden Obs.; , align=left , Boyden Observatory , - id="Bulgarian National Observatory" , align=left , Bulgarian National Observatory , :Discoveries by the Rozhen Observatory, 10 , IAU code#071, 071 , , align=left , Bulgarian National Obs.; , align=left , Bulgarian National Observatory , - id="Cala d'Hort" , align=left , Cala d'Hort Observatory , , IAU code#C85, C85 , , align=left , Cala d'Hort Obs.; ''(Observatorio Cala d'Hort)'' , align=left , Observatiorio Cala d'Hort , - id="CBA-East" , align=left , CBA-East Observatory , :Discoveries by the CBA-East Observatory, 1 , IAU code#H86, H86 , , align=left , CBA-East Obs.; , align=left , CBA-East , - id="CERGA" , align=left , CERGA Observatory , :Discoveries by the CERGA Observatory, 24 , IAU code#010, 010 , , align=left , CERGA; Centre de recherches en géodynamique et astrométrie , align=left , CERGA , - id="CSS" , align=left , Catalina Sky Survey , :Discoveries by the Catalina Sky Survey, 30578 , IAU code#703, 703 , , align=left , CSS; , align=left , CSS , - id="Calar Alto" , align=left , Calar Alto Observatory , :Discoveries by the Calar Alto Observatory, 8 , IAU code#493, 493 , , align=left , Calar Alto Obs.; , align=left , Calar Alto , - id="Calvin College" , align=left , Calvin–Rehoboth Observatory , :Discoveries by the Calvin–Rehoboth Observatory, 114 , IAU code#G98, G98 , , align=left , Calvin–Rehoboth Obs.; in NM, cite: , disc: to Prairie School, all others to Calvin College , align=left , Calvin College; Prairie School , - id="Campinas" , align=left , Campinas Observatory , :Discoveries by the Observatório de Campinas, 1 , IAU code#870, 870 , , align=left , Campinas Obs.; ''Observatório de Campinas'' , align=left , Campinas , - id="Campo Catino" , align=left , Campo Catino Astronomical Observatory , :Discoveries by the Campo Catino Astronomical Observatory, 5 , IAU code#468, 468 , , align=left , Campo Catino Obs.; ''Osservatorio Astronomico Campo Catino'' , align=left , Campo Catino , - id="Campo Catino Austral Observatory Survey" , align=left , Campo Catino Austral Observatory Survey , :Discoveries by the Campo Catino Austral Observatory Survey, 5 , IAU code#I10, I10 , , align=left , CAOS; , align=left , Campo Catino Austral Observatory Survey , - id="CINEOS" , align=left , Campo Imperatore Near Earth Object Survey , :Discoveries by CINEOS, 1734 , IAU code#599, 599 , , align=left , CINEOS; , align=left , CINEOS; Campo Imperatore; Campo Imperatore Near Earth Object Survey , - id="Canada-France Ecliptic Plane Survey" , align=left , Canada–France Ecliptic Plane Survey , :Discoveries by the Canada-France Ecliptic Plane Survey, 2 , IAU code#568, 568 ,
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presumably conducted at CFHT, using generic Mauna Kea obs. code (568) , align=left , Canada-France Ecliptic Plane Survey , - id="Catalina Station" , align=left , Catalina Station , :Discoveries by the Catalina Station, 1 , IAU code#693, 693 , , align=left , Catalina Stn.; , align=left , Catalina Station , - id="Cavezzo" , align=left , Cavezzo Observatory , :Discoveries by the Cavezzo Observatory, 7 , IAU code#107, 107 , , align=left , Cavezzo Obs.; , align=left , Cavezzo , - id="Cavriana" , align=left , Cavriana Observatory , :Discoveries by the Cavriana Observatory, 2 , IAU code#571, 571 , , align=left , Cavriana Obs.; '':it:Osservatorio di Cavriana, Osservatorio di Cavriana'' , align=left , Cavriana , - id="Cerro Burek" , align=left , Alianza S4 Observatory , :Discoveries by the Alianza S4 Observatory, 126 , IAU code#I08, I08 , , align=left , Alianza S4 Obs.; , align=left , Cerro Burek , - id="Cerro El Roble" , align=left , Cerro El Roble Observatory , :Discoveries by the Cerro El Roble Observatory, 1 , IAU code#805, 805 , , align=left , Cerro El Roble Stn.; , align=left , Cerro El Roble , - id="Cerro Paranal" , align=left , Paranal Observatory , :Discoveries by the Paranal Observatory, 5 , IAU code#309, 309 , , align=left , Paranal Obs.; , align=left , Cerro Paranal , - id="Cerro Tololo" , align=left , Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory , :Discoveries by CTIO, 249 , IAU code#807, 807 , , align=left , Cerro Tololo Obs.; , align=left , Cerro Tololo , - id="Cerro Tololo-LCO" , align=left , Cerro Tololo-LCO , :Discoveries by the Las Cumbres Observatory node at Cerro Tololo, 1 , IAU code#W85, W85, IAU code#W86, W86, IAU code#W87, W87 , , align=left , CTIO-LCO; Las Cumbres Observatory (LCO) node at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory, CTIO , align=left , Cerro Tololo-LCO B , - id="Chante-Perdrix" , align=left , Chante-Perdrix Observatory , :Discoveries by the Observatoire Chante-Perdrix, 162 , IAU code#A77, A77 , , align=left , Chante-Perdrix Obs.; Observatoire Chante-Perdrix , align=left , Chante-Perdrix , - id="Cielo Profundo" , align=left , Cielo Profundo Observatory , :Discoveries by the Cielo Profundo Observatory, 1 , IAU code#J01, J01 , , align=left , Cielo Profundo Obs.; , align=left , Observatorio Cielo , - id="Colleverde" , align=left , Colleverde di Guidonia Observatory , :Discoveries by the Colleverde di Guidonia Observatory, 2 , IAU code#596, 596 , , align=left , Colleverde Obs.; ''Osservatorio Colleverde di Guidonia'' , align=left , Colleverde , - id="Copenhagen Observatory" , align=left , Copenhagen University Observatory , :Discoveries by the Copenhagen University Observatory, 8 , IAU code#035, 035 , , align=left , Copenhagen Obs.; , align=left , Copenhagen Observatory , - id="Cordell-Lorenz" , align=left , Cordell–Lorenz Observatory , :Discoveries by the Cordell–Lorenz Observatory, 30 , IAU code#850, 850 , , align=left , Cordell–Lorenz Obs.; , align=left , Cordell-Lorenz , - id="Crimean Astrophysical Observatory" , align=left , Crimean Astrophysical Observatory , :Discoveries by the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory, 13 , IAU code#095, 095 , , align=left , Crimean Astrophysical Obs.; , align=left , Crimean Astrophysical Observatory , - id="Crni Vrh" , align=left , Črni Vrh Observatory , :Discoveries by the Črni Vrh Observatory, 427 , IAU code#106, 106 , , align=left , Črni Vrh; , align=left , Crni Vrh , - id="DECam" , align=left , Dark Energy Camera , :Discoveries by DECam, 81 , IAU code#W84, W84 , , align=left , CTIO-DECam; , align=left , DECam , - id="Dark Energy Survey" , align=left , Dark Energy Survey , :Discoveries by the Dark Energy Survey, 6 , IAU code#W84, W84 , , align=left , CTIO-DES; , align=left , Dark Energy Survey , - id="Dax" , align=left , Dax Observatory , :Discoveries by the Observatoire de Dax, 8 , IAU code#958, 958 , , align=left , Dax Obs.; ''Observatoire de Dax'' , align=left , Dax , - id="Deep Ecliptic Survey" , align=left , Deep Ecliptic Survey , :Discoveries by the Deep Ecliptic Survey, 9 , IAU code#695, 695 , , align=left , DES; , align=left , Deep Ecliptic Survey , - id="Deep Lens Survey" , align=left , Deep Lens Survey , :Discoveries by the Deep Lens Survey, 80 , IAU code#807, 807 ,
, align=left , DLS; , align=left , Deep Lens Survey , - id="Drebach" , align=left , Drebach Observatory , :Discoveries by the Volkssternwarte Drebach, 16 , IAU code#113, 113 , , align=left , Drebach Obs. , align=left , Drebach; Volkssternwarte Drebach , - id="Doc Greiner Research Observatory" , align=left , Doc Greiner Research Observatory , :Discoveries by the Doc Greiner Research Observatory, 1 , IAU code#G48, G48 , , align=left , Greiner Obs.; , align=left , Doc Greiner Research Observatory , - id="EURONEAR" , align=left , European Near Earth Asteroids Research , :Discoveries by EURONEAR, 12 , IAU code#809, 809 , , align=left , EURONEAR; , align=left , EURONEAR , - id="El Centro" , align=left , Desert Wanderer Observatory , :Discoveries by the Desert Wanderer Observatory, 2 , IAU code#G78, G78 , , align=left , Desert Wanderer Obs.; , align=left , El Centro , - id="Farpoint" , align=left , Farpoint Observatory , :Discoveries by the Farpoint Observatory, 137 , IAU code#734, 734 , , align=left , Farpoint Obs.; cite: , NEKAAL, Kansas , align=left , Farpoint; Eskridge , - id="Essen" , align=left , Walter Hohmann Observatory , :Discoveries by the Walter Hohmann Observatory, 11 , IAU code#636, 636 , , align=left , Walter Hohmann Obs.; , align=left , Essen , - id="European Southern Observatory" , align=left , European Southern Observatory , :Discoveries by ESO, 2 , IAU code#809, 809 , , align=left , ESO; , align=left , European Southern Observatory , - id="Everstar" , align=left , Everstar Observatory , :Discoveries by the Everstar Observatory, 3 , IAU code#849, 849 , , align=left , Everstar Obs.; , align=left , Everstar , - id="Eygalayes" , align=left , Eygalayes Observatory , :Discoveries by the Eygalayes Observatory, 1 , IAU code#B44, B44 , , align=left , Eygalayes Obs.; , align=left , Eygalayes , - id="Farra d'Isonzo" , align=left , Farra d'Isonzo Observatory , :Discoveries by the Astronomical Observatory of Farra d'Isonzo, 225 , IAU code#595, 595 , , align=left , Farra d'Isonzo; , align=left , Farra d'Isonzo , - id="Faulkes Telescope Educational Project" , align=left , Faulkes Telescope Educational Project , :Discoveries by the Faulkes Telescope Educational Project, 3 , IAU code#608, 608 , , align=left , Faulkes Project; , align=left , Faulkes Telescope Educational Project , - id="Faulkes Telescope North" , align=left , Faulkes Telescope North , :Discoveries by the Faulkes Telescope North, 5 , IAU code#F65, F65 , , align=left , Haleakala-Faulkes; , align=left , Haleakala , - id="Felix Aguilar Observatory" , align=left , Félix Aguilar Observatory , :Discoveries by the Félix Aguilar Observatory, 63 , IAU code#808, 808 , , align=left , Félix Aguilar Obs.; , align=left , Felix Aguilar Observatory , - id="Fountain Hills" , align=left , Fountain Hills Observatory , :Discoveries by the Fountain Hills Observatory, 35 , IAU code#678, 678 , , align=left , Fountain Hills Obs.; , align=left , Fountain Hills , - id="Frasso Sabino" , align=left , Frasso Sabino Observatory , :Discoveries by the Osservatorio di Frasso Sabino, 2 , IAU code#157, 157 , , align=left , Frasso Sabino Obs.; Osservatorio di Frasso Sabino , align=left , Frasso Sabino , - id="Goodricke-Pigott" , align=left , Goodricke-Pigott Observatory , :Discoveries by the Goodricke-Pigott Observatory, 75 , IAU code#683, 683 , , align=left , Goodricke-Pigott Obs.; , align=left , Goodricke-Pigott , - id="Great Shefford" , align=left , Great Shefford Observatory , :Discoveries by the Great Shefford Observatory, 10 , IAU code#J95, J95 , , align=left , Great Shefford Obs.; , align=left , Great Shefford , - id="Harvard Observatory" , align=left , Harvard College Observatory , :Discoveries by the Harvard College Observatory, 55 , IAU code#800, 800, IAU code#802, 802 , , align=left , Harvard Obs.; , align=left , Harvard Observatory , - id="Haute Provence" , align=left , Haute-Provence Observatory , :Discoveries by the Haute-Provence Observatory, 5 , IAU code#511, 511 , , align=left , Haute-Provence Obs.; , align=left , Haute Provence; Institute d'Astrophysics , - id="Hawkeye" , align=left , Hawkeye Observatory , :Discoveries by the Hawkeye Observatory, 1 , IAU code#H52, H52 , , align=left , Hawkeye Obs.; , align=left , Hawkeye , - id="Herrenberg" , align=left , Herrenberg Observatory , :Discoveries by the Herrenberg Observatory, 1 , IAU code#240, 240 , , align=left , Herrenberg Obs.; , align=left , Herrenberg , - id="Hibiscus" , align=left , Hibiscus Observatory , :Discoveries by the Hibiscus Observatory, 3 , IAU code#F84, F84 , , align=left , Hibiscus Obs.; , align=left , Hibiscus , - id="Hormersdorf" , align=left , Hormersdorf Observatory , :Discoveries by the Hormersdorf Observatory, 6 , IAU code#A35, A35 , , align=left , Hormersdorf Obs.; , align=left , Hormersdorf , - id="Hunters Hill" , align=left , Hunters Hill Observatory , :Discoveries by the Hunters Hill Observatory, 1 , IAU code#E14, E14 , , align=left , Hunters Hill Obs.; , align=left , Hunters Hill , - id="IAA-AI" , align=left , IAA-AI Atacama , :Discoveries by IAA-AI Atacama, 2 , IAU code#I16, I16 , , align=left , IAA-AI; , align=left , IAA-AI , - id="INAS" , align=left , International Near-Earth Asteroid Survey , :Discoveries by INAS, 8 , IAU code#675, 675 , , align=left , INAS; , align=left , INAS , - id="IRAS" , align=left , Infrared Astronomical Satellite , :Discoveries by IRAS, 4 , IAU code#500, 500 , , align=left , IRAS; , align=left , IRAS , - id="ISON" , align=left , International Scientific Optical Network , :Discoveries by the International Scientific Optical Network, 10 , IAU code#H15, H15 , , align=left , ISON; , align=left , ISON , - id="ASC-Kislovodsk" , align=left , ASC-Kislovodsk Observatory , :Discoveries by the ASC-Kislovodsk Observatory, 11 , IAU code#D00, D00 , , align=left , ASC-Kislovodsk; , align=left , ASC-Kislovodsk; ISON-Kislovodsk Observatory , - id="Indiana University" , align=left , Indiana Asteroid Program , :Discoveries by Indiana University (Indiana Asteroid Program), 119 , IAU code#760, 760 , , align=left , Indiana University; , align=left , Indiana University , - id="Ishigakijima" , align=left , Ishigakijima Astronomical Observatory , 2 , IAU code#D44, D44 , , align=left , Ishigakijima Obs.; disc: and , align=left , Ishigakijima , - id="JATE Asteroid Survey" , align=left , JATE Asteroid Survey , , IAU code#461, 461 , , align=left , JATE Asteroid Survey; , align=left , JATE Asteroid Survey , - id="Japan Spaceguard Association" , align=left , Japan Spaceguard Association , :Discoveries by the Japan Spaceguard Association, 1 , IAU code#381, 381 , , align=left , JSGA; , align=left , Japan Spaceguard Association , - id="Jarnac" , align=left , Jarnac Observatory , :Discoveries by the Jarnac Observatory, 168 , IAU code#G92, G92 , , align=left , Jarnac Obs.; , align=left , Jarnac , - id="John J. McCarthy" , align=left , John J. McCarthy Observatory , :Discoveries by the John J. McCarthy Observatory, 1 , IAU code#932, 932 , , align=left , John J. McCarthy Obs.; , align=left , John J. McCarthy , - id="Jonathan B. Postel" , align=left , Jonathan B. Postel Observatory , :Discoveries by the Jonathan B. Postel Observatory, 1 , IAU code#201, 201 , , align=left , Jonathan B. Postel Obs.; , align=left , Jonathan B. Postel , - id="Junk Bond" , align=left , Junk Bond Observatory , :Discoveries by the Junk Bond Observatory, 53 , IAU code#701, 701 , , align=left , Junk Bond Obs.; , align=left , Junk Bond , - id="Vicques" , align=left , Jura Observatory , :Discoveries by the Jura Observatory, 6 , IAU code#185, 185 , , align=left , Jura Obs.; , align=left , Vicques , - id="Kepler" , align=left , Kepler (spacecraft) , :Discoveries by Kepler, 1 , IAU code#C55, C55 , , align=left , Kepler; , align=left , KEPLER , - id="KLENOT" , align=left , Klet Observatory near Earth and other unusual objects observations team and telescope , :Discoveries by KLENOT, 36 , IAU code#246, 246 , , align=left , KLENOT; , align=left , KLENOT , - id="Kachina" , align=left , Kachina Observatory , :Discoveries by the Kachina Observatory, 5 , IAU code#G89, G89 , , align=left , Kachina Obs.; , align=left , Kachina , - id="Kambah" , align=left , Kambah Observatory , :Discoveries by the Kambah Observatory, 1 , IAU code#415, 415 , , align=left , Kambah Obs.; , align=left , Kambah , - id="Kiso" , align=left , Kiso Observatory , :Discoveries by the Kiso Observatory, 3 , IAU code#381, 381 , , align=left , Kiso Obs.; , align=left , Kiso , - id="Kitt Peak" , align=left , Kitt Peak National Observatory , :Discoveries by the Kitt Peak National Observatory, 104 , IAU code#695, 695 , , align=left , Kitt Peak Obs.; , align=left , Kitt Peak , - id="Klet" , align=left , Kleť Observatory , :Discoveries by the Kleť Observatory, 301 , IAU code#046, 046 , , align=left , Kleť Obs.; , align=left , Klet , - id="Kvistaberg" , align=left , Kvistaberg Observatory , :Discoveries by the Kvistaberg Observatory, 6 , IAU code#049, 049 , , align=left , Kvistaberg Obs.; , align=left , Kvistaberg , - id="LINEAR" , align=left , Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research , :Discoveries by LINEAR, 150558 , IAU code#704, 704 , , align=left , LINEAR; , align=left , LINEAR , - id="LONEOS" , align=left , Lowell Observatory Near-Earth-Object Search , :Discoveries by LONEOS, 22852 , IAU code#688, 688 , , align=left , LONEOS; , align=left , LONEOS; Lowell Observatory Near-Earth Asteroid Survey , - id="LUSS" , align=left , Lulin Sky Survey , :Discoveries by LUSS, 305 , IAU code#D35, D35 , , align=left , LUSS; , align=left , LUSS , - id="La Palma" , align=left , Roque de los Muchachos Observatory , :Discoveries by the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory, 39 , IAU code#950, 950 , , align=left , La Palma Obs.; , align=left , La Palma , - id="La Plata" , align=left , La Plata Observatory , :Discoveries by the La Plata Astronomical Observatory, 5 , IAU code#839, 839 , , align=left , La Plata Obs.; , align=left , La Plata , - id="La Silla" , align=left , La Silla Observatory , :Discoveries by the La Silla Observatory, 27 , IAU code#I05, I05 , , align=left , La Silla Obs.; , align=left , La Silla , - id="Lake Tekapo" , align=left , Mount John University Observatory , :Discoveries by the Mount John University Observatory, 5 , IAU code#474, 474 , , align=left , Mount John Obs.; , align=left , Lake Tekapo , - id="Las Campanas" , align=left , Las Campanas Observatory , :Discoveries by the Las Campanas Observatory, 1 , IAU code#304, 304 , , align=left , Las Campanas Obs.; , align=left , Las Campanas , - id="Les Engarouines" , align=left , Les Engarouines Observatory , :Discoveries by the Les Engarouines Observatory, 3 , IAU code#A14, A14 , , align=left , Les Engarouines Obs.; Observatoire des Engarouines, Laurent Bernasconi, , align=left , Les Engarouines , - id="Lick Observatory" , align=left , Lick Observatory , :Discoveries by the Lick Observatory, 4 , IAU code#662, 662 , , align=left , Lick Obs.; , align=left , Lick Observatory , - id="LightBuckets" , align=left , LightBuckets Observatory , :Discoveries by the LightBuckets Observatory, 4 , IAU code#B10, B10, IAU code#H11, H11 ,
, align=left , LightBuckets Obs.; , align=left , LightBuckets , - id="Lincoln Laboratory ETS" , align=left , Lincoln Laboratory's Experimental Test Site , :Discoveries by the Lincoln Laboratory's Experimental Test Site, 8 , IAU code#704, 704 , , align=left , Lincoln Lab ETS; , align=left , Lincoln Laboratory ETS; Socorro , - id="Linz" , align=left , Davidschlag Observatory , :Discoveries by the Davidschlag Observatory, 5 , IAU code#540, 540 , , align=left , Davidschlag Obs.; Linz Observatory , align=left , Linz , - id="Loiano" , align=left , Loiano Observatory , :Discoveries by the Loiano Observatory, 1 , IAU code#598, 598 , , align=left , Loiano Obs.; ''Osservatorio Astronomico di Loiano'' , align=left , Loiano , - id="Los Molinos" , align=left , Los Molinos Observatory , :Discoveries by the Los Molinos Observatory, 2 , IAU code#844, 844 , , align=left , Los Molinos Obs.; , align=left , Los Molinos , - id="Lowell Observatory" , align=left , Lowell Observatory , :Discoveries by the Lowell Observatory, 3 , IAU code#690, 690 , , align=left , Lowell Obs.; , align=left , Lowell Observatory , - id="Lowell Discovery Telescope" , align=left , Lowell Discovery Telescope , :Discoveries by the Lowell Discovery Telescope, 1 , IAU code#G37, G37 , , align=left , Lowell Discovery Tel.; , align=left , Flagstaff , - id="Lulin" , align=left , Lulin Observatory , :Discoveries by the Lulin Observatory, 24 , IAU code#D35, D35 , , align=left , Lulin Obs.; , align=left , Lulin , - id="ESA OGS" , align=left , OGS Telescope , :Discoveries by ESA OGS, 203 , IAU code#J04, J04 , , align=left , ESA OGS; , align=left , ESA OGS , - id="Lumezzane" , align=left , Lumezzane Observatory , :Discoveries by the Lumezzane Observatory, 1 , IAU code#130, 130 , , align=left , Lumezzane Obs.; ''Osservatorio Astronomico Serafino Zani'' , align=left , Lumezzane , - id="Madonna di Dossobuono" , align=left , Madonna di Dossobuono Observatory , :Discoveries by the Osservatorio Madonna di Dossobuono, 7 , IAU code#560, 560 , , align=left , Madonna di Dossobuono Obs.; ''(Osservatorio Madonna di Dossobuono)'' , align=left , Madonna di Dossobuono , - id="Majdanak" , align=left , Majdanak Observatory , :Discoveries by the Majdanak Observatory, 3 , IAU code#188, 188 , , align=left , Majdanak Obs.; , align=left , Majdanak , - id="Malaga" , align=left , Málaga Observatory , :Discoveries by the Málaga Observatory, 1 , IAU code#J40, J40 , , align=left , Málaga Obs.; , align=left , Malaga , - id="Consell" , align=left , Consell Observatory , :Discoveries by the Consell Observatory, 2 , IAU code#176, 176 , , align=left , Consell Obs.; ''(Observatorio Astronómico de Consell)'' , align=left , Consell , - id="Marxuquera" , align=left , Marxuquera Observatory , :Discoveries by the Marxuquera Observatory, 1 , IAU code#952, 952 , , align=left , Marxuquera Obs.; ''Observatori Astronòmic Marxuquera'' , align=left , Marxuquera , - id="MASTER-SAAO" , align=left , MASTER-SAAO Telescope , , IAU code#K95, K95 , , align=left , MASTER; at South African Astronomical Observatory , align=left , MASTER , - id="Mauna Kea" , align=left , Mauna Kea Observatories , :Discoveries by the Mauna Kea Observatories, 476 , IAU code#568, 568 , , align=left , Mauna Kea Obs.; , align=left , Mauna Kea , - id="Mayhill" , align=left , iTelescope Observatory , :Discoveries by the iTelescope Observatory, 43 , IAU code#H06, H06, IAU code#H10, H10 , , align=left , iTelescope Obs.; , align=left , Mayhill , - id="McDonald Observatory" , align=left , McDonald Observatory , :Discoveries by the McDonald Observatory, 2 , IAU code#711, 711, IAU code#V37, V37 , , align=left , McDonald Obs.; , align=left , McDonald Observatory , - id="Merida" , align=left , Llano del Hato National Astronomical Observatory , :Discoveries by the Llano del Hato National Astronomical Observatory, 1 , IAU code#303, 303 , , align=left , Llano del Hato Obs.; , align=left , Mérida , - id="Falera" , align=left , Mirasteilas Observatory , :Discoveries by the Mirasteilas Observatory, 1 , IAU code#B67, B67 , , align=left , Mirasteilas Obs.; , align=left , Falera , - id="Modra" , align=left , Modra Observatory , :Discoveries by the Modra Observatory, 15 , IAU code#118, 118 , , align=left , Modra Obs.; , align=left , Modra , - id="Moletai" , align=left , Molėtai Astronomical Observatory , :Discoveries by the Molėtai Astronomical Observatory, 43 , IAU code#152, 152 , , align=left , Molėtai Obs.; , align=left , Moletai , - id="Monte Viseggi" , align=left , Monte Viseggi Observatory , :Discoveries by the Osservatorio Astronomico di Monte Viseggi, 4 , IAU code#126, 126 , , align=left , Monte Viseggi Obs.; ''Osservatorio Monte Viseggi'' , align=left , Monte Viseggi , - id="Moriyama" , align=left , Moriyama Observatory , :Discoveries by the Moriyama Observatory, 1 , IAU code#900, 900 , , align=left , Moriyama Obs.; , align=left , Moriyama , - id="Mt. Lemmon Survey" , align=left , Mount Lemmon Survey , :Discoveries by MLS, 89589 , IAU code#G96, G96 , , align=left , Mount Lemmon Survey; , align=left , Mt. Lemmon Survey; Mount Lemmon Survey , - id="Mount Lemmon Sky Center" , align=left , Mount Lemmon Sky Center , :Discoveries by the Mount Lemmon Sky Center, 1 , IAU code#G84, G84 , , align=left , Mount Lemmon Sky Center; lowest , align=left , Mount Lemmon SkyCenter; Mount Lemmon SkyCe , - id="NEAT" , align=left , Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking , :Discoveries by NEAT, 44263 , IAU code#566, 566, IAU code#566, 644 , , align=left , NEAT; , align=left , NEAT , - id="Nachi-Katsuura" , align=left , Nachi-Katsuura Observatory , :Discoveries by the Nachi-Katsuura Observatory, 1 , IAU code#905, 905 , , align=left , Nachi-Katsuura Obs.; , align=left , Nachi-Katsuura , - id="Nacogdoches" , align=left , SFA Observatory , :Discoveries by the SFA Observatory, 4 , IAU code#740, 740 , , align=left , SFA Obs.; , align=left , Nacogdoches , - id="Nakagawa" , align=left , Nakagawa Observatory , :Discoveries by the Nakagawa Observatory, 1 , IAU code#D74, D74 , , align=left , Nakagawa Obs.; , align=left , Nakagawa , - id="Nanchuan" , align=left , Nanchuan Observatory , :Discoveries by the Nanchuan Observatory, 1 , IAU code#D14, D14 , , align=left , Nanchuan Obs.; , align=left , Nanchuan , - id="Needville" , align=left , George Observatory , :Discoveries by the George Observatory, 220 , IAU code#735, 735 , , align=left , Needville Obs.; , align=left , Needville , - id="La Palma-NEON" , align=left , Network of European Observatories in the North , :Discoveries by NEON, 1 , IAU code#J50, J50 , , align=left , NEON; La Palma Obs. , align=left , La Palma-NEON , - id="New Horizons KBO Search" , align=left , New Horizons KBO Search , :Discoveries by the New Horizons KBO Search, 2 , IAU code#250, 250, IAU code#266, 266–269 , , align=left , New Horizons KBO Search; first discovery (516977) 2012 HZ84, (516977); lowest numbered discovery 486958 Arrokoth, (486958) , align=left , New Horizons KBO Search; New Horizons Search Team , - id="New Milford" , align=left , John J. McCarthy Observatory , :Discoveries by the John J. McCarthy Observatory, 3 , IAU code#932, 932 , , align=left , John J. McCarthy Obs.; , align=left , New Milford , - id="Nyrola" , align=left , Nyrölän observatorio , :Discoveries by the Nyrölän observatorio, 1 , IAU code#174, 174 , , align=left , Nyrölä; , align=left , Nyrola , - id="Nyukasa" , align=left , Mount Nyukasa Station , :Discoveries by the Mount Nyukasa Station, 116 , IAU code#408, 408 , , align=left , Mount Nyukasa Stn.; , align=left , Nyukasa , - id="OAM" , align=left , Astronomical Observatory of Mallorca , :Discoveries by the Observatorio Astronómico de Mallorca, 2869 , IAU code#620, 620, IAU code#J75, J75 , , align=left , OAM Obs.; Astronomical Observatory of Mallorca (620), La Sagra Observatory (J75) , align=left , OAM; OAM Observatory , - id="OCA-Anza" , align=left , OCA-Anza Observatory , :Discoveries by the Orange County Astronomers - Anza, 1 , IAU code#643, 643 , , align=left , OCA-Anza; Orange County Astronomers - Anza , align=left , OCA-Anza , - id="ODAS" , align=left , OCA-DLR Asteroid Survey , :Discoveries by ODAS, 1089 , IAU code#910, 910 , , align=left , ODAS; , align=left , ODAS , - id="Oak Ridge Observatory" , align=left , Oak Ridge Observatory , :Discoveries by the Oak Ridge Observatory, 38 , IAU code#801, 801 , , align=left , Oak Ridge Observatory; , align=left , Oak Ridge Observatory , - id="Oakley" , align=left , Oakley Observatory , :Discoveries by the Oakley Observatory, 3 , IAU code#916, 916, IAU code#E09, E09 ,
, align=left , Oakley Obs.; , align=left , Oakley , - id="Observatoire Naef" , align=left , Observatory Naef Épendes , :Discoveries by the Observatory Naef Épendes, 24 , IAU code#A13, A13 , , align=left , Naef Obs.; , align=left , Observatoire Naef , - id="Observatorio Montcabre" , align=left , Montcabre Observatory , :Discoveries by the Montcabre Observatory, 1 , IAU code#213, 213 , , align=left , Montcabre Obs.; ''Observatorio Montcabre'' , align=left , Observatorio Montcabre , - id="Olathe" , align=left , Sunflower Observatory , :Discoveries by the Sunflower Observatory, 10 , IAU code#739, 739, IAU code#849, 849 , , align=left , Olathe; , align=left , Olathe , - id="Ondrejov" , align=left , Ondřejov Observatory , :Discoveries by the Ondřejov Observatory, 25 , IAU code#557, 557 , , align=left , Ondřejov Obs.; (Observatoř Ondřejov), cite , align=left , Ondrejov , - id="Oohira" , align=left , Nihondaira Observatory Oohira Station , :Discoveries by the Nihondaira Observatory, 6 , IAU code#385, 385 , , align=left , Oohira Stn.; , align=left , Oohira , - id="Osservatorio Cima Rest" , align=left , Cima Rest Observatory , :Discoveries by the Cima Rest Observatory, 1 , IAU code#B11, B11 , , align=left , Cima Rest Obs.; ''Osservatorio Cima Rest'' , align=left , Osservatorio Cima Rest , - id="Osservatorio Polino" , align=left , Polino Observatory , :Discoveries by the Osservatorio Polino, 2 , IAU code#609, 609 , , align=left , Polino Obs.; ''Osservatorio Polino'' , align=left , Osservatorio Polino , - id="Osservatorio San Vittore" , align=left , San Vittore Observatory , :Discoveries by the Osservatorio San Vittore, 99 , IAU code#552, 552 , , align=left , San Vittore Obs.; ''Osservatorio San Vittore'' , align=left , Osservatorio San Vittore , - id="Ottmarsheim" , align=left , Ottmarsheim Observatory , :Discoveries by the Ottmarsheim Observatory, 15 , IAU code#224, 224 , , align=left , Ottmarsheim Obs.; ''Observatoire d'Ottmarsheim'' , align=left , Ottmarsheim , - id="OSSOS" , align=left , Outer Solar System Origins Survey , :Discoveries by OSSOS, 40 , IAU code#568, 568 , , align=left , OSSOS; lowest numbered discovery: , align=left , Outer Solar System Origins Survey , - id="Oukaimeden" , align=left , Oukaïmeden Observatory , :Discoveries by the Oukaïmeden Observatory, 1 , IAU code#J43, J43 , , align=left , Oukaïmeden Obs.; , align=left , Oukaimeden , - id="PCAS" , align=left , Palomar Planet-Crossing Asteroid Survey , :Discoveries by PCAS, 20 , IAU code#675, 675 , , align=left , PCAS; , align=left , PCAS , - id="PMO NEO Survey Program" , align=left , PMO NEO Survey Program , :Discoveries by the PMO NEO Survey Program, 761 , IAU code#330, 330 , , align=left , PMO NEO; , align=left , PMO NEO Survey Program; PMO Neo Survey Program , - id="Palomar" , align=left , Palomar Observatory , :Discoveries by the Palomar Observatory, 60 , IAU code#675, 675 , , align=left , Palomar Obs.; , align=left , Palomar , - id="Palomar Transient Factory" , align=left , Palomar Transient Factory , :Discoveries by the Palomar Transient Factory, 143 , IAU code#I41, I41 , , align=left , PTF; , align=left , Palomar Transient Factory , - id="Pan-STARRS 1" , align=left , Pan-STARRS , :Discoveries by Pan-STARRS, 23414 , IAU code#F51, F51 , , align=left , Pan-STARRS; , align=left , Pan-STARRS 1; Pan-STARRS1 , - id="Pan-STARRS 2" , align=left , Pan-STARRS 2 , :Discoveries by Pan-STARRS 2, 52 , IAU code#F52, F52 , , align=left , Pan-STARRS 2; first discovery , align=left , Pan-STARRS 2 , - id="Peking Observatory" , align=left , Beijing Astronomical Observatory , :Discoveries by the Beijing Astronomical Observatory, 1 , IAU code#324, 324, IAU code#327, 327 , , align=left , Peking Obs.; , align=left , Peking Observatory , - id="Perth Observatory" , align=left , Perth Observatory , :Discoveries by the Perth Observatory, 29 , IAU code#319, 319, IAU code#322, 322 , , align=left , Perth Obs.; , align=left , Perth Observatory , - id="Pic du Midi" , align=left , Pic du Midi Observatory , :Discoveries by the Pic du Midi Observatory, 9 , IAU code#586, 586 , , align=left , Pic du Midi Obs.; french: Observatoire du Pic du Midi, cite: , align=left , Pic du Midi , - id="Pises" , align=left , Pises Observatory , :Discoveries by the Pises Observatory, 44 , IAU code#122, 122 , , align=left , Pises Obs.; ''Observatoire des Pises'' , align=left , Pises , - id="Piszkesteto" , align=left , Piszkéstető Station , :Discoveries by the Piszkéstető Station, 5 , IAU code#461, 461, IAU code#561, 561 , , align=left , Piszkéstető Stn.; , align=left , Piszkesteto , - id="Pla D'Arguines" , align=left , Pla D'Arguines Observatory , :Discoveries by the Observatorio Astronomico Pla D'Arguines, 43 , IAU code#941, 941 , , align=left , Pla D'Arguines Obs.; ''Observatorio Astronomico Pla D'Arguines'' , align=left , Pla D'Arguines , - id="Pleiade" , align=left , Pleiade Observatory , :Discoveries by the Pleiade Observatory, 1 , IAU code#H96, H96 , , align=left , Pleiade Obs.; , align=left , Pleiade , - id="Powell" , align=left , Powell Observatory , :Discoveries by the Powell Observatory, 22 , IAU code#649, 649 , , align=left , Powell Obs.; , align=left , Powell , - id="Prairie Grass" , align=left , Prairie Grass Observatory , :Discoveries by the Prairie Grass Observatory, 2 , IAU code#H59, H59 , , align=left , Prairie Grass Obs.; , align=left , Prairie Grass , - id="Puckett" , align=left , Puckett Observatory , :Discoveries by the Puckett Observatory, 1 , IAU code#752, 752, IAU code#764, 764 , , align=left , Puckett Obs.; , align=left , Puckett , - id="Purple Mountain Observatory" , align=left , Purple Mountain Observatory , :Discoveries by the Purple Mountain Observatory, 150 , IAU code#330, 330 , , align=left , Purple Mountain Obs.; , align=left , Purple Mountain Observatory , - id="Q. s. observers" , align=left , Q. s. observers , :Discoveries by the Q. s. observers, 7 , IAU code#G96, G96, IAU code#691, 691, IAU code#F51, F51, IAU code#D03, D03 , , align=left , Q. s. observers; , align=left , Q. s. observers; observers, q.-s.; observers, Q. s.; q.-s. observers , - id="Tincana" , align=left , Rantiga Observatory , 1 , IAU code#D03, D03 , , align=left , Rantiga Obs.; Rantiga Osservatorio, Carpineti , align=left , Tincana , - id="Reedy Creek" , align=left , Reedy Creek Observatory , :Discoveries by the Reedy Creek Observatory, 1 , IAU code#428, 428 , , align=left , Reedy Creek Obs.; , align=left , Reedy Creek , - id="Remanzacco" , align=left , Remanzacco Observatory , :Discoveries by the Remanzacco Observatory, 9 , IAU code#473, 473 , , align=left , Remanzacco Obs.; , align=left , Remanzacco , - id="Royal Observatory Edinburgh" , align=left , Royal Observatory Edinburgh , :Discoveries by the Royal Observatory Edinburgh, 7 , IAU code#277, 277 ,
, align=left , Edinburgh Obs.; , align=left , Royal Observatory Edinburgh , - id="Stroncone" , align=left , Santa Lucia Stroncone Astronomical Observatory , :Discoveries by the Santa Lucia Stroncone Astronomical Observatory, 55 , IAU code#589, 589 , , align=left , Santa Lucia Obs.; , align=left , Stroncone , - id="SM Montmagastrell" , align=left , Santa Maria de Montmagastrell Observatory , :Discoveries by the Santa Maria de Montmagastrell Observatory, 3 , IAU code#B74, B74 , , align=left , Montmagastrell Obs.; Observatory Santa Maria de Montmagastrell , align=left , SM Montmagastrell , - id="Saint-Sulpice" , align=left , Saint-Sulpice Observatory , :Discoveries by the Saint-Sulpice Observatory, 19 , IAU code#947, 947 , , align=left , Saint-Sulpice Obs.; , align=left , Saint-Sulpice , - id="Saji" , align=left , Saji Observatory , :Discoveries by the Saji Observatory, 22 , IAU code#867, 867 , , align=left , Saji Obs.; , align=left , Saji , - id="San Marcello" , align=left , Pistoia Mountains Astronomical Observatory , :Discoveries by the Pistoia Mountains Observatory, 36 , IAU code#104, 104 , , align=left , Pistoia Mountains Obs.; Italian: ''Osservatorio Astronomico della Montagna Pistoiese'' , align=left , San Marcello , - id="San Pedro Martir" , align=left , National Astronomical Observatory (Mexico) , :Discoveries by the National Astronomical Observatory (Mexico), 1 , IAU code#679, 679 , , align=left , OAN Mexico; , align=left , San Pedro Martir , - id="Sandlot" , align=left , Sandlot Observatory , :Discoveries by the Sandlot Observatory, 6 , IAU code#H36, H36 , , align=left , Sandlot Obs.; , align=left , Sandlot , - id="Schiaparelli" , align=left , Schiaparelli Observatory , :Discoveries by the Schiaparelli Observatory, 7 , IAU code#204, 204 , , align=left , Schiaparelli Obs.; , align=left , Schiaparelli , - id="SDSS Collaboration" , align=left , SDSS Collaboration , :Discoveries by the SDSS Collaboration, 706 , IAU code#645, 645 (IAU code#705, 705) , , align=left , SDSS Collaboration; ,
HP
, align=left , SDSS Collaboration; S. Collaboration , - id="Shandong University" , align=left , Shandong University Observatory , :Discoveries by Shandong University, 16 , IAU code#D39, D39 , , align=left , Shandong University Obs.; , align=left , Shandong University , - id="Shishikui" , align=left , Shishikui Observatory , 1 , IAU code#, 342 , , align=left , Shishikui; , align=left , Shishikui , - id="Siding Spring" , align=left , Siding Spring Observatory , :Discoveries by the Siding Spring Observatory, 4 , IAU code#413, 413 , , align=left , Siding Spring Obs.; , align=left , Siding Spring , - id="Siding Spring Survey" , align=left , Siding Spring Survey , :Discoveries by SSS, 3505 , IAU code#E12, E12 , , align=left , SSS; , align=left , Siding Spring Survey , - id="Sierra Nevada" , align=left , Sierra Nevada Observatory , :Discoveries by the Sierra Nevada Observatory, 5 , IAU code#J86, J86 , , align=left , Sierra Nevada Obs.; , align=left , Sierra Nevada , - id="Sierra Stars" , align=left , Sierra Stars Observatory , :Discoveries by the Sierra Stars Observatory, 8 , IAU code#G68, G68 , , align=left , Sierra Stars Obs.; , align=left , Sierra Stars , - id="Silver Spring" , align=left , Silver Spring Observatory , :Discoveries by the Silver Spring Observatory, 2 , IAU code#H85, H85 , , align=left , Silver Spring Obs.; , align=left , Silver Spring , - id="Simeis" , align=left , Simeiz Observatory , :Discoveries by the Simeiz Observatory, 1 , IAU code#094, 094 , , align=left , Simeiz Obs.; , align=left , Simeis , - id="Skylive" , align=left , Skylive Observatory , :Discoveries by the Skylive Observatory, 1 , IAU code#B40, B40 , , align=left , Skylive Obs.; , align=left , Skylive , - id="Sloan Digital Sky Survey" , align=left , Sloan Digital Sky Survey , :Discoveries by SDSS, 1874 , IAU code#645, 645 , , align=left , SDSS; , align=left , Sloan Digital Sky Survey; Sloan Digital Sky Survey Linked Object Catalog team , - id="SONEAR" , align=left , SONEAR Observatory , :Discoveries by the SONEAR Observatory, 3 , IAU code#Y00, Y00 , , align=left , SONEAR Obs.; , align=left , SONEAR , - id="Sormano" , align=left , Sormano Astronomical Observatory , :Discoveries by the Sormano Astronomical Observatory, 1 , IAU code#587, 587 , , align=left , Sormano Obs.; , align=left , Sormano , - id="Spacewatch" , align=left , Spacewatch , :Discoveries by the Spacewatch project, 176020 , IAU code#691, 691 , , align=left , Spacewatch; , align=left , Spacewatch , - id="Space Surveillance Telescope" , align=left , Space Surveillance Telescope , :Discoveries by the Space Surveillance Telescope, 10 , IAU code#G45, G45 , , align=left , Space Surveillance Telescope; lowest numbered discovery : , align=left , Space Surveillance Telescope , - id="St. Veran" , align=left , Observatory of Saint-Veran , :Discoveries by the Saint-Véran Observatory, 45 , IAU code#615, 615 , , align=left , Saint-Véran Obs.; , align=left , St. Veran , - id="St Pardon de Conques" , align=left , Saint Pardon de Conques Observatory , , IAU code#I93, I93 , , align=left , St Pardon de Conques Obs.; , align=left , St Pardon de Conques , - id="Starkenburg" , align=left , Starkenburg Observatory , :Discoveries by the Starkenburg Observatory, 53 , IAU code#611, 611 , , align=left , Starkenburg Obs.; , align=left , Starkenburg; Heppenheim , - id="Steward" , align=left , Steward Observatory , :Discoveries by the Steward Observatory, 1 , IAU code#692, 692 , , align=left , Steward Obs.; if code 691, its Kitt-Peak Spacewatch , align=left , Steward , - id="Stony Ridge" , align=left , Stony Ridge Observatory , :Discoveries by the Stony Ridge Observatory, 2 , IAU code#671, 671 , , align=left , Stony Ridge Obs.; , align=left , Stony Ridge , - id="SKADS" , align=left , Sub-Kilometer Asteroid Diameter Survey , :Discoveries by SKADS, 21 , IAU code#695, 695 , , align=left , SKADS
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, align=left , SKADS , - id="Suno" , align=left , Suno Observatory , :Discoveries by the Suno Observatory, 4 , IAU code#147, 147 , , align=left , Suno Obs.; ''Osservatorio Astronomico di Suno'' , align=left , Suno; Osservatorio Astronomico di Suno , - id="Sutherland-LCO" , align=left , Sutherland-LCO , :Discoveries by the Las Cumbres Observatory node at Sutherland, 1 , IAU code#K91, K91, IAU code#K92, K92, IAU code#K93, K93 , , align=left , SAAO-LCO; Las Cumbres Observatory at South African Astronomical Observatory , align=left , Sutherland-LCO C , - id="Wrightwood" , align=left , Table Mountain Observatory , :Discoveries by the Table Mountain Observatory, 2 , IAU code#673, 673, IAU code#673, 673 , , align=left , Table Mountain Obs.; , align=left , Wrightwood , - id="Taunus" , align=left , Taunus Observatory , :Discoveries by the Taunus Observatory, 3 , IAU code#B01, B01 , , align=left , Taunus Obs.; , align=left , Taunus , - id="Teide" , align=left , Teide Observatory , :Discoveries by the Teide Observatory, 6 , IAU code#954, 954 , , align=left , Teide Obs.; , align=left , Teide , - id="Tenagra" , align=left , Tenagra Observatory , :Discoveries by the Tenagra Observatory, 6 , IAU code#848, 848 , , align=left , Tenagra Obs.; , align=left , Tenagra; Cottage Grove , - id="Tenagra II" , align=left , Tenagra II Observatory , :Discoveries by the Tenagra II Observatory, 117 , IAU code#926, 926 , , align=left , Tenagra II Obs.; , align=left , Tenagra II , - id="Terre Haute" , align=left , Oakley Observatory , :Discoveries by the Oakley Observatory, 1 , IAU code#H22, H22 , , align=left , Oakley Obs.; , align=left , Terre Haute , - id="Terskol" , align=left , Terskol Observatory , :Discoveries by the Terskol Observatory, 3 , IAU code#B18, B18 , , align=left , Terskol Obs.; , align=left , Terskol , - id="Three Buttes" , align=left , Three Buttes Observatory , :Discoveries by the Three Buttes Observatory, 2 , IAU code#G90, G90 , , align=left , Three Buttes Obs.; , align=left , Three Buttes , - id="Tiki" , align=left , Tiki Observatory , :Discoveries by the Tiki Observatory, 2 , IAU code#F85, F85 , , align=left , Tiki Obs.; Puna'auia , align=left , Tiki , - id="Trois-Rivieres" , align=left , Cégep de Trois-Rivières Observatory , :Discoveries by the Cégep de Trois-Rivières Observatory, 1 , IAU code#924, 924 , , align=left , Cégep de Trois-Rivières Obs.; ''Observatoire du Cégep de Trois-Rivières'' , align=left , Trois-Rivieres , - id="Turtle Star" , align=left , Turtle Star Observatory , :Discoveries by the Turtle Star Observatory, 2 , IAU code#628, 628 , , align=left , Turtle Star Obs.; cite: , disc: , , align=left , Turtle Star; Mulheim-Ruhr , - id="Tzec Maun" , align=left , Tzec Maun Observatory , :Discoveries by the Tzec Maun Observatory, 18 , IAU code#D25, D25, IAU code#H10, H10 ,
, align=left , Tzec Maun Obs.; , align=left , Tzec Maun , - id="UESAC" , align=left , Uppsala–ESO Survey of Asteroids and Comets , :Discoveries by UESAC, 1123 , IAU code#809, 809 , , align=left , UESAC; , align=left , UESAC; UESAC, Comets , - id="Uccle" , align=left , Royal Observatory of Belgium , :Discoveries by the Royal Observatory of Belgium, 13 , IAU code#012, 012 , , align=left , Uccle Obs.; , align=left , Uccle , - id="Uenohara" , align=left , Uenohara Observatory , :Discoveries by the Uenohara Observatory, 2 , IAU code#376, 376 , , align=left , Uenohara Obs.; , align=left , Uenohara , - id="University of Chile" , align=left , National Astronomical Observatory (Chile) , :Discoveries by the University of Chile, 3 , IAU code#805, 805 , , align=left , University of Chile; , align=left , University of Chile , - id="Uppsala-DLR Asteroid Survey" , align=left , Uppsala–DLR Asteroid Survey , :Discoveries by the Uppsala–DLR Asteroid Survey, 262 , IAU code#049, 049 ,
, align=left , UDAS; , align=left , Uppsala-DLR Asteroid Survey , - id="Uppsala-DLR Trojan Survey" , align=left , Uppsala–DLR Trojan Survey , :Discoveries by the Uppsala-DLR Trojan Survey, 62 , IAU code#809, 809 ,
, align=left , UDTS; , align=left , Uppsala-DLR Trojan Survey , - id="Valinhos" , align=left , Valinhos Observatory , :Discoveries by the Valinhos Observatory, 2 , IAU code#860, 860 , , align=left , Valinhos Obs.; , align=left , Valinhos , - id="Vallemare Borbona" , align=left , Vallemare di Borbona Observatory , :Discoveries by the Vallemare di Borbona Observatory, 2 , IAU code#A55, A55 , , align=left , Vallemare di Borbona Obs.; ''Osservatorio Astronomico Vallemare di Borbona'' , align=left , Vallemare Borbona , - id="Valmeca" , align=left , Valmeca Observatory , :Discoveries by the Valmeca Observatory, 6 , IAU code#184, 184 , , align=left , Valmeca Obs.; , align=left , Valmeca , - id="Mount Graham" , align=left , Vatican Advanced Technology Telescope , :Discoveries by Vatican Advanced Technology Telescope, 7 , IAU code#290, 290, IAU code#G83, G83 , , align=left , VATT; code 290, prolematic Mt. Gramham also for LBT (G83) , align=left , Mount Graham , - id="Village-Neuf" , align=left , Village-Neuf Observatory , :Discoveries by the Village-Neuf Observatory, 2 , IAU code#138, 138 , , align=left , Village-Neuf Obs.; , align=left , Village-Neuf , - id="Visnjan" , align=left , Višnjan Observatory , :Discoveries by the Višnjan Observatory, 108 , IAU code#120, 120 , , align=left , Višnjan Obs.; , align=left , Visnjan , - id="Whipple" , align=left , Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory , :Discoveries by the Whipple Observatory, 1 , IAU code#696, 696 , , align=left , Whipple Obs.; , align=left , Whipple , - id="WISE" , align=left , Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer , :Discoveries by WISE, 4639 , IAU code#C51, C51 , , align=left , WISE; , align=left , WISE , - id="Wildberg" , align=left , Wildberg Observatory , :Discoveries by the Wildberg Observatory, 1 , IAU code#198, 198 , , align=left , Wildberg Obs.; , align=left , Wildberg , - id="Wise" , align=left , Wise Observatory , :Discoveries by the Wise Observatory, 19 , IAU code#097, 097 , , align=left , Wise Obs.; , align=left , Wise , - id="Xinglong" , align=left , Xinglong Station (NAOC) , :Discoveries by the Xinglong Station (NAOC), 5 , IAU code#327, 327 , , align=left , Xinglong Stn.; , align=left , Xinglong; Peking , - id="Yamagata" , align=left , Yamagata Astronomical Observatory , :Discoveries by the Yamagata Astronomical Observatory, 2 , IAU code#D89, D89 , , align=left , Yamagata Obs.; , align=left , Yamagata , - id="Zelenchukskaya Stn" , align=left , Zelenchukskaya Station , :Discoveries by the Zelenchukskaya Station, 8 , IAU code#114, 114 , , align=left , Zelenchukskaya Stn.; , align=left , Zelenchukskaya Stn , - id="Zvezdno Obshtestvo" , align=left , Zvezdno Obshtestvo Observatory , :Discoveries by the Zvezdno Obshtestvo Observatory, 2 , IAU code#A79, A79 , , align=left , Zvezdno Obshtestvo Obs.; , align=left , Zvezdno Obshtestvo , - id="Zwicky Transient Facility" , align=left , Zwicky Transient Facility , :Discoveries by the Zwicky Transient Facility, 1 , IAU code#I41, I41 , , align=left , ZTF; , align=left , Zwicky Transient Facility , - id="7300" , align=left , 7300 Observatory , :Discoveries by the 7300 Observatory, 4 , IAU code#H07, H07 , , align=left , 7300 Obs.; , align=left , 7300

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Notes

The discovery table consist of the following fields: * Astronomers and Institutions: links to the corresponding article about the discovering astronomer or institution on Wikipedia. If not linked, the displayed name should be a redirect to this list. For example, the page forwards to the anchored table row using the astronomer's MPC-name as ID. * Discoveries: displays the total number of discovered and co-discovered minor planets made by the discoverer (numbered bodies only). It links to the corresponding "Discovery by..." category, which are subcategories of :Discoveries by astronomer and :Astronomical discoveries by institution, respectively. Note that these categories do not contain discoveries for which no page on Wikipedia exists. Astronomers with only a few discoveries often do not have their own discovery-category (redlinks). For those who have discovered only one single minor planet, the link in the discovery column directly points to the corresponding entry in the list of minor planets. There are typically no linked categories for astronomers with an unknown first name. * DOB–DOD and Observatory code: displays the date of birth and death for astronomers, and alphanumeric IAU code(s) for institutions, respectively. * Country: nationality of the astronomer or location of the discovering dedicated institution, respectively. Some discoverers have assigned two flags, with the first being the most appropriate to allow for a sensible sorting by country. * Link-label; info, links and, notes: The ''link-label'' is used for Wikipedia:Piped link, piped discoverer links, intended for a consistent usage in minor-planet object articles and in the List of minor planets ''(see List of minor planets#Index, index)''. After the ''link-label'', additional information is given: this includes links to external sources (Src), links to the MPC database (se
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for objects discovered or co-discovered by the astronomer, and trans-wiki links to existing articles on French, German and Italian Wikipedia. (Note that the ''link-label'' should be separated by a semi-colon from all other information). * Name(s) at MPC: displays the name of the discoverer as used by the MPC (non-Diacritics, diacritical version; where the abbreviated first name is written ''before'' the family name). Some discoverers have multiple names due to inconsistencies and typos. * Cite: minor-planet discoverers are often honored with the naming of (one or several) asteroids by their colleges. The associated citation typically gives the discoverer's full name, his or her date of birth and additional biographical information.

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Data Available from the Minor Planet Center

File: "NumberedMPs.txt", 53 MB

Minor Planet Center {{DEFAULTSORT:Minor planet discoverers Astronomy-related lists Discoverers of minor planets, * Lists of space scientists Minor-planet discovering observatories, *